House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 14, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6261.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOWMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 215, December 14, 2021, Page H7824):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6261, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6261
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
68 cosponsors — 68 Democrats
0 of 68 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV) and 38 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.