House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2020
- Committee actionFeb 28, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5929.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5929, Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2020” on June 16, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 28, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56415
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5929, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5929
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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. 116-632 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 8, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/632
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5929, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5929
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c09a4191efb85feabcab54ed69bf913eee08d03eabf5cef2af10b43081040181
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 35, February 21, 2020, Page H1169):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5929, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5929
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c09a4191efb85feabcab54ed69bf913eee08d03eabf5cef2af10b43081040181
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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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jason Crow (D-CO), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jesús García (D-IL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Foster.
- H.Res. 327 (116th) Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults.
- H.R. 2986 (116th) BEST Act
- H.R. 2430 (116th) Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2019
- H.R. 3561 (116th) Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 1045 (116th) Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act
- H.R. 6534 (116th) Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2020
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.