House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
RESTAURANTS Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2021
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Feb 4, 2021 — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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. 793.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 21, February 4, 2021, Page H387):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 793, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/793
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). 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
153 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 142 Democrats
11 of 153 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) and 123 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
- H.R. 8351 (117th) Formula Act
- H.R. 8454 (117th) Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act
- H.R. 3807 (117th) Relief for Restaurants and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022
- H.R. 5657 (117th) Medical Marijuana Research Act
- H.R. 8685 (117th) Afghan Adjustment Act
- H.R. 2294 (117th) Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2021
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.