House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
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 the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5648.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 184, October 20, 2021, Page H5726):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 20, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5648, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
05f71d5bf4a13a4a647f29c5ce32195457a6bcd52d40ba9a82c822cf1418d902
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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5648, last updated January 10, 2026. 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Andy Levin (D-MI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan.
- H.R. 3285 (117th) 21st Century President Act
- H.R. 1433 (117th) Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.Res. 939 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 21 through February 25, 2022, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.R. 5300 (117th) To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a tiger team to perform outreach regarding the process by which a member of the Armed…
- H.Res. 144 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 22 through February 26, 2021, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.R. 3946 (117th) Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2021
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Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.