House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
SHAM Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5769.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BYRNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 25, February 6, 2020, Page H936):ARTICLE I, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5769, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5769
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58e0ef008b60406a18f8ca30992332d6bb6f37f963ae49ebf8da4e60ce6fff26
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 February 4, 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
34 cosponsors — 34 Republicans
0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jody Hice (R-GA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), John Joyce (R-PA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Bill Posey (R-FL), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), David Roe (R-TN), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Ross Spano (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL) and 4 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.