House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
No Bonuses in Bankruptcy Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 12, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5554.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BUSTOS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 179, October 12, 2021, Page H5631):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5554, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5554
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 January 3, 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
16 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 15 Democrats
1 of 16 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Katie Porter (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cheri Bustos.
- H.R. 4445 (117th) Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021
- H.R. 2503 (117th) Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021
- H.Res. 51 (117th) Expressing deep gratitude on behalf of the people of the United States to the journalists and news staff who risked threats of injury and…
- H.R. 2568 (117th) United States Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act of 2021
- H.R. 971 (117th) Small Business Succession Planning Act
- H.R. 5089 (117th) Next Generation Fuels 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.