House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5347.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROWN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 165, September 23, 2021, Page H5134):Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 23, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5347, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5347
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0f364fdf11c302d978abfa0d57c1385802fffe1aad772b3f5ad507669e8e9f6
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5347, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Anthony Brown.
- H.R. 3015 (117th) Raise the Age Act
- H.R. 7395 (117th) Educators Expense Deduction Modernization Act of 2022
- H.R. 7837 (117th) National Guard Promotion Improvement Act of 2022
- H.R. 4510 (117th) Health Enterprise Zones Act of 2021
- H.R. 2833 (117th) Reconnecting Communities Act
- H.R. 2129 (117th) National Transit Frontline Workforce Training Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.