House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Fresh Start Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 20, 2021
- Committee actionSep 21, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2022 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5651.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5651, Fresh Start Act of 2021” on November 10, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 21, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58759
- CBO publication date
- November 10, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5651, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5651
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
946234d53107b174771ac59999be001e70f597326fdde1e6efcd3e1e37c2bb2a
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TRONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 184, October 20, 2021, Page H5726):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 20, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5651, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5651
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
946234d53107b174771ac59999be001e70f597326fdde1e6efcd3e1e37c2bb2a
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5651, last updated December 5, 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
32 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 21 Democrats
11 of 32 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Fred Keller (R-PA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Victoria Spartz (R-IN) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Trone.
- H.R. 6943 (117th) Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022
- H.R. 5545 (117th) REMOTE Act
- H.R. 4981 (117th) To amend the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, to modify certain deadlines relating to the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking.
- H.R. 2379 (117th) State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2021
- H.R. 433 (117th) Family Support Services for Addiction Act of 2021
- H.R. 2538 (117th) FENTANYL Results 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.