House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2019
- Committee actionFeb 28, 2020
- Passed HouseMar 2, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 3, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4351.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4351, Yes in My Backyard Act” on October 30, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on March 2, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56719
- CBO publication date
- October 30, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4351, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4351
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HECK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 149, September 17, 2019, Page H7754):Article 1, Section 8 of U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4351, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4351
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b71d7131255220d52143867133ef6e1bf0e27ea96f1b8b60fdf82d58e47b681
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4351, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
13 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 7 Democrats
6 of 13 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Van Taylor (R-TX), Norma Torres (D-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 6820 (116th) Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020
- H.R. 5319 (116th) Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization 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.