House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2020
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5698.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIMMONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 18, January 28, 2020, Page H633):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5698, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5698
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd3a4877f0eded5955669d941f84421937b5e58c33ae2424c274467e719fa281
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5698, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Ted Budd (R-NC), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), J. Hill (R-AR), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Bryan Steil (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Timmons.
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- H.J.Res. 86 (116th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may…
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.