House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 962.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PASCRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 26, February 11, 2021, Page H502):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 116 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 962, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/962
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
275e11310f77aabfe793a69d508c8c19bd2385f49ae8fee7ed77809d8205798b
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.
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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
105 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 80 Democrats
25 of 105 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Val Demings (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Jared Golden (D-ME), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR) and 75 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Pascrell.
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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.