House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act
Sponsor: Rep. Eleanor Norton D-DCWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 13, 2019
- Committee actionMar 11, 2020
- Passed HouseOct 1, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 19, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5068.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5068, Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act” on June 5, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 11, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 5, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56396
- CBO publication date
- June 5, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5068, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5068
- 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. 116-470 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on August 7, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 7, 2020 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/470
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5068, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5068
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 181, November 13, 2019, Page H8827):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 13, 2019 ↗
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- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5068, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5068
- 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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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
23 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 22 Democrats
1 of 23 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Josh Harder (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Ben Luján (D-NM), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Susan Wild (D-PA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.
- H.R. 866 (116th) Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2019
- H.R. 5919 (116th) National Children’s Museum Act
- H.R. 2726 (116th) Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 2019
- H.R. 51 (116th) Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- H.R. 4135 (116th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the statue to the memory and in honor of Albert Pike erected near Judiciary Square in…
- H.R. 2185 (116th) District of Columbia Flood Prevention 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.