House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act
Sponsor: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 13, 2019
- Committee actionNov 20, 2019
- Passed HouseJan 8, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5065.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5065, Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act” on May 15, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on January 8, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56364
- CBO publication date
- May 15, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5065, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. 116-343 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on December 12, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/343
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5065, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
50e062d60c34a89e9df1f9432688ec25e3b33e233df573c1a4a60dfbedcabf6d
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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. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 181, November 13, 2019, Page H8827):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power to. . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 13, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 138 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5065, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
50e062d60c34a89e9df1f9432688ec25e3b33e233df573c1a4a60dfbedcabf6d
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Tim Burchett (R-TN), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Ross Spano (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
- H.R. 4508 (116th) Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act
- H.R. 2426 (116th) CASE Act of 2019
- H.R. 5546 (116th) Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act
- H.R. 5586 (116th) Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act
- H.R. 8124 (116th) Criminal Judicial Administration Act of 2020
- H.Res. 1 (116th) Electing officers of the House of Representatives.
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.