House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Ensuring Chinese Debt Transparency Act of 2020

H.R. 5932Introduced Feb 21, 2020Policy area: International Affairs

Sponsor: Rep. J. Hill R-AR

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 21, 2020
Committee actionFeb 28, 2020
Passed HouseMar 2, 2020 · 356–0
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 3, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5932.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5932, Ensuring Chinese Debt Transparency Act of 2020” on March 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 2, 2020”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2020 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56293
CBO publication date
March 24, 2020
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5932, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5932
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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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. HILL of Arkansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 35, February 21, 2020, Page H1169):
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2020 ↗
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45 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5932, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5932
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 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

2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat

1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Van Taylor (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. J. Hill.

Sponsor’s state and district

Arkansas in Congress · AR-2 district

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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.