House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 19, 2021
- Committee actionNov 4, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 4, 2021 — Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5607.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5607, Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2021” on January 12, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on November 4, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 12, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57723
- CBO publication date
- January 12, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5607, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5607
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6087ef8308848b2e60e2775c579ff6cf8ebf334d1cc0ac5c4d3cb3591411066
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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. SLOTKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 183, October 19, 2021, Page H5673):Article I. Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 293 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5607, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5607
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6087ef8308848b2e60e2775c579ff6cf8ebf334d1cc0ac5c4d3cb3591411066
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5607, last updated April 7, 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
15 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 14 Democrats
1 of 15 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Donald Beyer (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elissa Slotkin.
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- H.R. 3223 (117th) CISA Cyber Exercise Act
- H.R. 4067 (117th) Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council Act
- H.R. 3635 (117th) Strengthening America’s Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2021
- H.R. 6826 (117th) CTPAT Pilot Program Act of 2022
- H.R. 8215 (117th) VOICE 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.