House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2021
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 586.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 17, January 28, 2021, Page H252):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 586, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9c6350b4f16d7b94f1b5d27a53391ad3e85c11fbc43edcb4faa0c705cf9f4b59
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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 586, last updated May 28, 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
46 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 38 Democrats
8 of 46 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), John Katko (R-NY), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), David McKinley (R-WV), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Peters.
- H.R. 587 (117th) Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II
- H.R. 2051 (117th) Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021
- H.R. 3215 (117th) Temporary Family Visitation Act
- H.R. 4479 (117th) Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2021
- H.R. 6461 (117th) National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act
- H.R. 2483 (117th) Build More Housing Near Transit 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.