House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 959.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 23, February 8, 2021, Page H484):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 8, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 959, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
95930ab571e7eac56f0e31768b2a1c8f2bc938f8f679dac9bf287723a45dea4c
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 15, 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
188 cosponsors — 188 Democrats
0 of 188 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI) and 158 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lauren Underwood.
- H.R. 958 (117th) Protecting Moms Who Served Act
- H.R. 6052 (117th) Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General Training Act of 2021
- H.R. 5603 (117th) Protections for Student Veterans Act
- H.R. 5575 (117th) VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act
- H.R. 6938 (117th) Job Protection Act
- H.R. 851 (117th) FAAN 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.