House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Kathleen Rice D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2020
- Committee actionSep 17, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2020 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5843.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5843, Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2020” on November 25, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 17, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 25, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56797
- CBO publication date
- November 25, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5843, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da846f58e7c2f90b982c1a5f784e8f1a342c56d226dd793aeb0ed676aa816074
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Miss RICE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 28, February 11, 2020, Page H1046):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5843, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da846f58e7c2f90b982c1a5f784e8f1a342c56d226dd793aeb0ed676aa816074
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5843, last updated December 5, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kathleen Rice.
- H.R. 1833 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Tulip Avenue in Floral Park, New York, as the "Lieutenant…
- H.R. 3010 (116th) Honoring All Veterans Act
- H.R. 2109 (116th) BRAVE Act
- H.R. 542 (116th) Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act
- H.R. 428 (116th) Homeland Security Assessment of Terrorists’ Use of Virtual Currencies Act
- H.R. 1232 (116th) Rescinding DHS’ Waiver Authority for Border Wall 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.