House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. John Katko R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2019
- Committee actionSep 30, 2020
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4358.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-575 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 16, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/575
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4358, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4358
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f277477fe1f34d2249abf55066066c8ba8ffaf79b3cfadd996826aca214955b
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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. KATKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 149, September 17, 2019, Page H7754):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 125 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4358, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4358
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f277477fe1f34d2249abf55066066c8ba8ffaf79b3cfadd996826aca214955b
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 (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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Tom Rice (R-SC), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Katko.
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- H.R. 5811 (116th) TSA Personnel Workplace Improvement Act of 2020
- H.R. 2590 (116th) DHS Overseas Personnel Enhancement Act of 2019
- H.R. 769 (116th) Counterterrorism Advisory Board 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.