House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Medical Marijuana Research Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 21, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseApr 4, 2022 · 343–75
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 5, 2022 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5657.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 185, October 21, 2021, Page H5791):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5657, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5657
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b691264138c991b065b7b91da9db2b90656e0010f08635a5ef6b8720cbcdf4d7
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5657, last updated September 8, 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
11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats
4 of 11 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), H. Griffith (R-VA), Andy Harris (R-MD), David Joyce (R-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
- H.R. 8351 (117th) Formula Act
- H.R. 8454 (117th) Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act
- H.R. 3807 (117th) Relief for Restaurants and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022
- H.R. 793 (117th) RESTAURANTS Act of 2021
- H.R. 8685 (117th) Afghan Adjustment Act
- H.R. 2294 (117th) Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2021
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.