House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 15, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 22, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5595.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 181, October 15, 2021, Page H5639):Article 1, Section 8: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereofSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 15, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 253 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5595, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
57402849584ec34f11e92846f62e00fd66b30d9532e4e60023002ab2637d37fa
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. 5595, 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
47 cosponsors — 47 Democrats
0 of 47 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Cori Bush (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), J. Correa (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Val Demings (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Lawson.
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- H.R. 6272 (117th) College Student Hunger Act of 2021
- H.Res. 944 (117th) Honoring the life and courage of Claudette Colvin.
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.