House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 17, 2019
- Committee actionJul 15, 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 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4712.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-572 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce 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/572
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4712, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4712
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 Ms. DEAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 164, October 17, 2019, Page H8227):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4712, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4712
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
735ab7a6238aac2117fa4e321ab4277999b53ee72a4df2b6d14117c578248200
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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4712, last updated December 6, 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Earl Carter (R-GA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), David McKinley (R-WV), Darren Soto (D-FL), Van Taylor (R-TX), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Madeleine Dean.
- H.R. 4300 (116th) Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2019
- H.R. 5003 (116th) Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act
- H.R. 6934 (116th) Uniform Treatment of NRSROs Act
- H.R. 4545 (116th) Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2019
- H.R. 8366 (116th) Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2020
- H.R. 869 (116th) Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act
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.