House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 11, 2019
- Committee actionOct 1, 2020
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4636.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4636, PLASTICS Act” on November 2, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 1, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56725
- CBO publication date
- November 2, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4636, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4636
- 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. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 161, October 11, 2019, Page H8112):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 11, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4636, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4636
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8e7bc1fdd43789fe1e2dc0a4d25b4f251a3e09e16f4f7ace30516f31a6467829
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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4636, 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
21 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 21 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), William Keating (D-MA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Francis Rooney (R-FL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul.
- H.R. 2444 (116th) Eastern European Security Act
- H.R. 1158 (116th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
- H.R. 2744 (116th) USAID Branding Modernization Act
- H.R. 2002 (116th) Taiwan Assurance Act of 2019
- H.R. 5338 (116th) Global Hope Act of 2019
- H.R. 3763 (116th) Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G 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.