House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 3, 2022 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6581.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 22, February 3, 2022, Page H947):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6581, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
830d645f7dd51d98da2e4cfaba6476552ad05a53c7a3917558c38c26f1e7462e
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6581, last updated April 7, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Cole.
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- H.R. 7455 (117th) IHS Contract Support Cost Amendment Act
- H.Res. 991 (117th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should take immediate steps to support the…
- H.R. 7117 (117th) Protect American Election Administration Act of 2022
- H.R. 5660 (117th) Fairness for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021
Related bills
- H.R. 9187 (119th) Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.