House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Eliot Engel D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 8, 2019
- Committee actionNov 19, 2019
- 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. 4995.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4995, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2019” on February 13, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 19, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 13, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56132
- CBO publication date
- February 13, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4995, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4995
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-514 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 17, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 2020 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/514
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4995, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4995
- 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. ENGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 179, November 8, 2019, Page H8740):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 8, 2019 ↗
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- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4995, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4995
- 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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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
31 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 22 Democrats
9 of 31 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Robert Latta (R-OH), Andy Levin (D-MI), Roger Marshall (R-KS), James McGovern (D-MA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM), David Trone (D-MD), Lauren Underwood (D-IL) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.