House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 26, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 26, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5729.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COOPER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 188, October 26, 2021, Page H5931):Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 26, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5729, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5729
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
296829bef16899bbdefd1e1eabd3857fa42b891b32a4d599a5194dfb01072244
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 April 7, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
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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.