House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Strength in Diversity Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 2019
- Committee actionMay 16, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2020 · 248–167
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2639.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2639, Strength in Diversity Act of 2019” on June 5, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on May 16, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55332
- CBO publication date
- June 5, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2639, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2639
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-496 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on September 8, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2020 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/496
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2639, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2639
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- 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 Ms. FUDGE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 77, May 9, 2019, Page H3681):To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2019 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2639, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2639
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- 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
105 cosponsors — 105 Democrats
0 of 105 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and 75 more.
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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.