House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2020
- Committee actionSep 9, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 530.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6196.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6196, TM Act of 2020” on December 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 9, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56915
- CBO publication date
- December 22, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6196, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6196
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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. 116-645 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 14, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 14, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/645
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6196, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6196
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 47, March 11, 2020, Page H1662):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power ``[t]o regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 194 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6196, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6196
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0d47a34b28d7ac296f63a250fd4f997d2e2852c49f6a366ce449643812edefb8
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
9 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Ben Cline (R-VA), Doug Collins (R-GA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Martha Roby (R-AL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Johnson.
- H.R. 1423 (116th) FAIR Act
- H.R. 8235 (116th) Open Courts Act of 2020
- H.R. 3991 (116th) Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act of 2019
- H.R. 1714 (116th) Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act
- H.R. 1945 (116th) Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act
- H.R. 1057 (116th) Supreme Court Ethics 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.