House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Territorial Representation in the Senate Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 7, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6941.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SAN NICOLAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 40, March 7, 2022, Page H1329):Article IV, sec. 3, cl. 2: ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 192 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6941, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6941
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
129f9de5b01f41b2a55c92b6399efd20bd2ce43841586d2790fd71c229200480
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 3, 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Ritchie Torres (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael San Nicolas.
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- H.R. 282 (117th) Territorial Judgeship Retirement Equity Act of 2021
- H.R. 5910 (117th) Holding SPACs Accountable Act of 2021
- H.R. 3368 (117th) Lonnie Kilpatrick Central Pacific Relief Act
- H.R. 157 (117th) Guam Supplemental Security Income Equality 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.