House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 563.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUETKEMEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 17, January 28, 2021, Page H252):Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, I submit the following statement regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill cited as the ``Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act''. The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common Defense and general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Thus, Congress has the authority not only to increase taxes, but also, to reduce taxes to promote the general welfare of the United States of…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 888 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 563, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/563
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 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
61 cosponsors — 61 Republicans
0 of 61 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ben Cline (R-VA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Garret Graves (R-LA), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD), Yvette Herrell (R-NM), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Mike Johnson (R-LA) and 31 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.