House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 28, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 542.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HAYES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 17, January 28, 2021, Page H251):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 542, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
53e2e1d1d756a9bc9297f5fc5ac7bb658cada175f2372412d0e04af97f076640
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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 542, last updated July 21, 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
57 cosponsors — 57 Democrats
0 of 57 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), John Larson (D-CT), Al Lawson (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) and 27 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jahana Hayes.
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.