House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 23, 2019
- Committee actionJul 15, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 24, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 570.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5534.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5534, Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020” on November 2, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 15, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56726
- CBO publication date
- November 2, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5534, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5534
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-687 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 24, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 24, 2020 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/687
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5534, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5534
- 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. KIND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 207, December 23, 2019, Page H12297):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 23, 2019 ↗
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- H.R. 5534, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5534
- 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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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
113 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 80 Democrats
33 of 113 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), James Baird (R-IN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mike Bost (R-IL), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), John Curtis (R-UT), Rodney Davis (R-IL) and 83 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1922 (116th) Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019
- H.R. 1175 (116th) Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019
- H.R. 2207 (116th) Protect Medical Innovation 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.