House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Privacy Office Enhancement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2020
- Committee actionJan 29, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 29, 2020 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5678.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5678, Privacy Office Enhancement Act” on February 21, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on January 29, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56176
- CBO publication date
- February 21, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5678, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0d710194c43614d42d371442140f541e8cb3e5f6ac2321ed6bc088e94b87a1d2
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN DREW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 17, January 27, 2020, Page H565):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5678, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0d710194c43614d42d371442140f541e8cb3e5f6ac2321ed6bc088e94b87a1d2
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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5678, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jefferson Van Drew.
- H.R. 3195 (116th) Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act
- H.R. 1149 (116th) Atlantic Coastal Economies Protection Act
- H.R. 2321 (116th) Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2019
- H.R. 4777 (116th) Protect our Elections Act
- H.R. 2685 (116th) Wild Bird Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 1575 (116th) Robocall Enforcement Enhancement 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.