House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Deafblind DATA Act
Official title: To require the Bureau of the Census to collect information on deafblind individuals, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2947.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCLAIN DELANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 67, April 17, 2025, Page H1613):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- 166 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2947, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2947
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
36 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 30 Democrats
6 of 36 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Ed Case (D-HI), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), John Mannion (D-NY), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), John Rutherford (R-FL) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. April McClain Delaney.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.