House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5595.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ZELDIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 7, January 13, 2020, Page H208):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5595, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5595, last updated January 3, 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
64 cosponsors — 62 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
1 of 64 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), John Carter (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Doug Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), Paul Cook (R-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Ron Estes (R-KS), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Bob Gibbs (R-OH) and 34 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 72 (116th) Rejecting anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred in the United States and around the world.
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.