House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
COAT Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 27, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5984.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TLAIB, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 39, February 27, 2020, Page H1251):Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5984, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5984
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 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
42 cosponsors — 42 Democrats
0 of 42 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Andy Levin (D-MI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Katie Porter (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
- H.R. 5214 (116th) Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
- H.R. 7572 (116th) For the relief of Median El-Moustrah.
- H.R. 3622 (116th) Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers Act
- H.R. 5330 (116th) Consumer Protection for Medical Debt Collections Act
- H.R. 6552 (116th) Emergency Water is a Human Right Act
- H.R. 1756 (116th) Preventing Credit Score Discrimination in Auto Insurance 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.