House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2019
- Committee actionJul 30, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2020 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5487.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5487, Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act” on September 1, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 1, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56536
- CBO publication date
- September 1, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5487, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5487
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 205, December 18, 2019, Page H12211):Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 47 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5487, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5487
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
df2ff92544a47b7a564f7125267b34882a2e836ba1726175fb8814f574c66240
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5487, last updated April 7, 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Bryan Steil (R-WI).
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.