House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-139
Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act
Became law on Apr 24, 2020.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 11, 2019 · 240–179
- Passed SenateApr 21, 2020 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesApr 23, 2020
- To the PresidentApr 23, 2020
- Became lawApr 24, 2020
Latest action: Apr 24, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-139.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 266.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 266, Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act” on April 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the Senate on April 21, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 22, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56338
- CBO publication date
- April 22, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 266, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/266
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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. McCOLLUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Page H285):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 801 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 266, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/266
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5195e6e45a28aeb6e1cae6a25931372621666793a2eab3150bd3d4274b29f82d
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Betty McCollum.
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- H.R. 733 (116th) Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act
- H.R. 3052 (116th) Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020…
- H.R. 7612 (116th) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.R. 1695 (116th) Community Services Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 4705 (116th) Safe at Home Act
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.