House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 27, 2019
- Committee actionJul 15, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 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. 4564.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-517 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 18, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/517
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4564, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4564
- 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 Mr. KATKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 157, September 27, 2019, Page H8082):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution-- ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 239 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4564, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4564
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
42a2331e5a56e5f5df7dbf19cfe4240fe779ce4e5300c457511f856cc80b7daf
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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
15 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 15 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Ben McAdams (D-UT), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Darren Soto (D-FL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Steve Stivers (R-OH), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
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- 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.