House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To make revisions in title 51, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.
Sponsor: Rep. Michelle Fischbach R-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 16, 2021
- Committee actionNov 17, 2021
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2021 · 411–7
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5982.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-192 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 30, 2021.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/192
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5982, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FISCHBACH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 199, November 16, 2021, Page H6317):Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 16, 2021 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5982, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d5784e37ca8c5ea7fc0b65e4367b13b2e5613aeabc8472e1111a776d4f6f4ad
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5951 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 2nd Avenue, in Oklee, Minnesota, as the "Coya Knutson Post…
- H.R. 2619 (117th) Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2021
- H.R. 6069 (117th) Promoting Ties with Taiwan Act
Related bills
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Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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