House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-155
Department of Veterans Affairs Contracting Preference Consistency Act of 2020
Became law on Aug 8, 2020.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Takano D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2019
- Committee actionDec 5, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMar 12, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 20, 2020
- To the PresidentJul 28, 2020
- Became lawAug 8, 2020
Latest action: Aug 8, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-155.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4920.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4920, Department of Veterans Affairs Contracting Preference Consistency Act” on December 13, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on December 5, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 13, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55957
- CBO publication date
- December 13, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4920, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4920
- 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. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 172, October 30, 2019, Page H8679):Article I, Section 8 ofthe United States Constitution, authorized by Congress' power to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare ofthe United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 30, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 163 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4920, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4920
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (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
18 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 18 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Greg Pence (R-IN), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), David Roe (R-TN), W. Steube (R-FL), Peter Visclosky (D-IN), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
- H.R. 299 (116th) Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019
- H.R. 5983 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, California, as the "Woodie…
- H.R. 8247 (116th) Veterans COMPACT Act of 2020
- H.R. 6322 (116th) Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020
- H.R. 3197 (116th) Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2019
- H.R. 1133 (116th) VA Employee Fairness 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.