House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2020
- Committee actionFeb 26, 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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5953.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 5953, Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act” on November 16, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 26, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 16, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56773
- CBO publication date
- November 16, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5953, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5953
- 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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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 5953, Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act” on November 16, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 26, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 16, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56773
- CBO publication date
- November 16, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5953, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5953
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
08310e8a65f0d8fba0e1fa59722bbe532a5f3d3cf46e8dd0163ccbbd7b5031e1
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-577 ↗. 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/577
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5953, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5953
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
08310e8a65f0d8fba0e1fa59722bbe532a5f3d3cf46e8dd0163ccbbd7b5031e1
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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. GRAVES of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 37, February 25, 2020, Page H1190):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian tribes) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 413 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5953, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5953
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
08310e8a65f0d8fba0e1fa59722bbe532a5f3d3cf46e8dd0163ccbbd7b5031e1
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Mike Thompson (D-CA).
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.