House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2020
- Committee actionSep 30, 2020
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5919.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5919, National Children’s Museum Act” on November 12, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 30, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 12, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56765
- CBO publication date
- November 12, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5919, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5919
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-570 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 16, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/570
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5919, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5919
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 31, February 14, 2020, Page H1161):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5919, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5919
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
13 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 10 Democrats
3 of 13 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
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.