House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 20, 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. 5639.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZGERALD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 184, October 20, 2021, Page H5726):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 20, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5639, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5639
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
526aeddbbd83a40269097a98a7c6f53ca5e79ce68e3cfac561df7fcb0a1d2822
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
17 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 17 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Michael Guest (R-MS), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), W. Steube (R-FL), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Fitzgerald.
- H.R. 3239 (117th) To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.
- H.R. 6671 (117th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces, granted a general discharge under honorable conditions…
- H.Res. 1238 (117th) Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the October 4, 2021…
- H.R. 5162 (117th) CRT Transparency Act
- H.R. 3494 (117th) Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2021
- H.R. 7510 (117th) National Education Association Charter Repeal Act
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.