House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 27, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2021 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 14, 2021 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJan 13, 2022
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 19, 2022 — Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5746 (Record Vote No. 9) withdrawn in Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5746.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5746, Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act” on January 27, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on January 13, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 27, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57788
- CBO publication date
- January 27, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5746, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5746
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 17, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0581910a44988a256fe310d3f35c97a1100dfd0afd99d097d25ca2c1944b9377
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 189, October 27, 2021, Page H5959):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 27, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5746, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5746
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 17, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0581910a44988a256fe310d3f35c97a1100dfd0afd99d097d25ca2c1944b9377
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 committee report (as of December 17, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5746, last updated December 17, 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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Troy Carter (D-LA), Young Kim (R-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Steven Palazzo (R-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Beyer.
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- H.Con.Res. 9 (117th) Honoring the life and legacy of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick.
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.