House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 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. 4585.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-516 ↗. 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/516
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4585, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4585
- 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. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 158, October 1, 2019, Page H8089):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4585, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de32c5c40725aec38356e59f84ebe8164101018b69189253fca1def3d091c670
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4585, last updated May 28, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Beyer.
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.