House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Michael Lecik Military Firefighters Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5637.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 10, January 16, 2020, Page H326):Article I, Section 8, Clause 14Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5637, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5637
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98367427a201d14e8256877e5a4746e6a46d615493bebcbf263c6c2ef36ccd5e
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.
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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
53 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 40 Democrats, 1 independent
13 of 53 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Sean Casten (D-IL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), John Katko (R-NY), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and 23 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.