House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Massie R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 4, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5874.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 194, November 4, 2021, Page H6208):Article I, Section 8, Clause 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 4, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5874, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5874
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 16, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 January 16, 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Republicans
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Ken Buck (R-CO), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Barry Moore (R-AL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Bill Posey (R-FL), Chip Roy (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), W. Steube (R-FL), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie.
- H.R. 3860 (117th) To prohibit any requirement that a member of the Armed Forces receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
- H.R. 24 (117th) Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2021
- H.R. 3835 (117th) PRIME Act
- H.R. 6590 (117th) Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act
- H.R. 899 (117th) To terminate the Department of Education.
- H.R. 7415 (117th) Safe Students Act
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.