House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-208
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2019
- Committee actionNov 16, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 24, 2020
- Became lawDec 4, 2020
Latest action: Dec 4, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-208.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3589.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 109, June 27, 2019, Page H5260):Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3589, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3589
- 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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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 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
301 cosponsors — 75 Republicans, 225 Democrats, 1 independent
75 of 301 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), 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), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN) and 271 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson.
- H.R. 8 (116th) Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019
- H.R. 806 (116th) Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2019
- H.R. 1289 (116th) PHONE Act of 2020
- H.R. 925 (116th) The Heroes Act
- H.R. 5373 (116th) United States Anti-Doping Agency Reauthorization Act of 2020
- H.R. 945 (116th) Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019
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.