House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 21, 2019
- Committee actionJul 30, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 23, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2020 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5245.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 5245, The Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-time for Debt for Veterans Act,” on September 21, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56611
- CBO publication date
- September 21, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5245, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5245
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c23aa6ecebcc6573eae69f8655ca330edde19eeb26fde6047b6161571bd937e2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 5245, The Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-time for Debt for Veterans Act,” on September 21, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56611
- CBO publication date
- September 21, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5245, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5245
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c23aa6ecebcc6573eae69f8655ca330edde19eeb26fde6047b6161571bd937e2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5245, Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-time for Debts for Veterans Act” on November 4, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on September 23, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 4, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56727
- CBO publication date
- November 4, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5245, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5245
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c23aa6ecebcc6573eae69f8655ca330edde19eeb26fde6047b6161571bd937e2
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 187, November 21, 2019, Page H9170):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 349 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5245, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5245
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c23aa6ecebcc6573eae69f8655ca330edde19eeb26fde6047b6161571bd937e2
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 committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5245, last updated May 28, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Max Rose (D-NY), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas.
- H.R. 4477 (116th) Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act
- H.R. 6829 (116th) EMPIL–DOC Act
- H.Res. 1209 (116th) Expressing support for Supreme Court decisions affirming the constitutionally protected right of same-sex couples to marry.
- H.R. 6697 (116th) Local Chamber, Tourism, and 501(c)(6) Protection Act of 2020
- H.R. 5036 (116th) Put Patients First Act
- H.R. 2931 (116th) SERVE 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.