House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2019
- Committee actionJan 29, 2020
- Passed HouseMar 5, 2020 · 230–171
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1140.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1140, Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020” on March 3, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 21, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 3, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56220
- CBO publication date
- March 3, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1140, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 116-398,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 116-398,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on February 26, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 26, 2020 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/398
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/398 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1140, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 26, February 11, 2019, Page H1518):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2019 ↗
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- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1140, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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
242 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 232 Democrats
9 of 242 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA) and 212 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson.
- H.R. 2476 (116th) Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019
- H.R. 251 (116th) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act
- H.R. 3106 (116th) Domestic and International Terrorism DATA Act
- H.R. 1494 (116th) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Homeland Security Partnerships Act
- H.R. 1433 (116th) DHS MORALE Act
- H.R. 6160 (116th) To extend the chemical facility anti-terrorism standards program of the Department of Homeland Security.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.