House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 872.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FULCHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 22, February 5, 2021, Page H469):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 872, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
64af9106a631c1a0e5fdfcceac1d3970d0307b1e76dd51aa92ce6933a7639a7a
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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 872, last updated December 6, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Mary Miller (R-IL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Bill Posey (R-FL), Chip Roy (R-TX), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Russ Fulcher.
- H.R. 6442 (117th) PACTS Act
- H.R. 5350 (117th) Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act
- H.R. 4705 (117th) Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act
- H.R. 2621 (117th) Forestry Education and Workforce Development Act of 2021
- H.R. 8258 (117th) FILM Act
- H.R. 9193 (117th) To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes.
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.