House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 5, 2021
- Committee actionNov 17, 2021
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2021 · 408–18
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5487.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-210 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 8, 2021.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/210
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5487, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5487
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
76e0fed6746f2709334b42654e2722668834bdd02bd3d08bf845d39965fd2ddf
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 175, October 5, 2021, Page H5600):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 5, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5487, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5487
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
76e0fed6746f2709334b42654e2722668834bdd02bd3d08bf845d39965fd2ddf
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 (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
21 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 21 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler.
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- H.R. 2090 (117th) Student Loan Disclosure Transparency Act of 2021
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- H.R. 6676 (117th) Protecting Parental Rights Act
- H.R. 8181 (117th) Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2022
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.