House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Fairness for Federal Contractors Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 18, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6016.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 201, November 18, 2021, Page H6608):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 of the Constitution, in that the legislation provides for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution, in that the legislation regulates forms of commerce specified in that clause; and, Article I. Section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution, in that the legislation ``is necessary and proper for carryjng into Execution the foregoing Powers'' and ``other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 18, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 568 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6016, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6016
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 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 February 4, 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
94 cosponsors — 94 Republicans
0 of 94 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Scott Franklin (R-FL) and 64 more.
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.