House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8477.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. OMAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 121, July 21, 2022, Page H7067):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8477, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8477
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
040e29a0ddb7378a3e848d9f664b332db01fad28e2cdfc94270dad42529ae439
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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8477, last updated July 21, 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
56 cosponsors — 56 Democrats
0 of 56 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), 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), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Al Lawson (D-FL), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and 26 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.