House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2020
- Committee actionFeb 26, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 522.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5756.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-637 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 9, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 9, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/637
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5756, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5756
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4008d9b613432e4ec2c2981212591ac49e8236d14f6ef9e9846cda3c2e549f48
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 24, February 5, 2020, Page H847):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5756, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5756
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4008d9b613432e4ec2c2981212591ac49e8236d14f6ef9e9846cda3c2e549f48
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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5756, last updated April 7, 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
9 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 8 Democrats
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stacey Plaskett.
- H.R. 8345 (116th) Air Carrier Worker Support Extension Act of 2020
- H.R. 1354 (116th) Territories Health Equity Act of 2019
- H.R. 413 (116th) Hire A Hero Act of 2019
- H.R. 5486 (116th) Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act
- H.Res. 1177 (116th) Honoring the life and achievement of John Robert Thompson Jr., the legendary Georgetown University men's basketball coach.
- H.R. 1353 (116th) LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act
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.