House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 25, 2021
- Committee actionNov 17, 2021
- Passed HouseDec 1, 2021 · 422–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2021 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5720.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-199 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 1, 2021.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/199
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5720, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d434f50840175413621d107874b9900f63698393a820c184c8dce8d2e608431d
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 187, October 25, 2021, Page H5873):Article III, Section 1 vests the judicial power of the United States in the Supreme Court and any inferior courts Congress establishes. Article I, Section 8, clause 18 allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any ``other'' powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 25, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 356 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5720, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d434f50840175413621d107874b9900f63698393a820c184c8dce8d2e608431d
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 (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5720, 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Chip Roy (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Deborah Ross.
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- H.Res. 900 (117th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3485) to impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violations of internationally…
- H.R. 2746 (117th) To amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina.
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.