House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2020
- Committee actionJan 15, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 1, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 386.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5552.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5552, Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020” on June 30, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 15, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 30, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56452
- CBO publication date
- June 30, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5552, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5552
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
44581b603eabdfa37fcec4060330dbfe0c3d9ee708b2bed4731a5c5e88649724
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-482 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 1, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 1, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/482
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5552, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5552
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
44581b603eabdfa37fcec4060330dbfe0c3d9ee708b2bed4731a5c5e88649724
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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. LOWENTHAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 4, January 8, 2020, Page H64):Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 344 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5552, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5552
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
44581b603eabdfa37fcec4060330dbfe0c3d9ee708b2bed4731a5c5e88649724
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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
95 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 90 Democrats
5 of 95 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Tj Cox (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and 65 more.
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.