House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 705.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 19, February 2, 2021, Page H280):Congress has authority to extend protection to unborn children with a detectable heartbeat under the Constitution's grants of powers to Congress under the Equal Protection, Due Process, and Enforcement Clauses of the Fourteenth AmendmentSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 237 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 705, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/705
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 705, last updated January 3, 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
123 cosponsors — 123 Republicans
0 of 123 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ken Buck (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ben Cline (R-VA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Eric Crawford (R-AR) and 93 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly.
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- H.R. 7515 (117th) Infectious Disease Therapies Research and Innovation Act of 2022
- H.R. 8491 (117th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand eligible practitioners to furnish telehealth services.
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.