House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Paid Leave Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6198.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 47, March 11, 2020, Page H1662):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which gives Congress the power to provide for the general welfare of the United States, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce among the several states.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 233 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6198, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6198
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 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
8 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Kendra Horn (D-OK), John Katko (R-NY), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), David Scott (D-GA), Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Murphy.
- H.R. 8276 (116th) To authorize the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- H.R. 1759 (116th) BRIDGE for Workers Act
- H.R. 3529 (116th) ALERTS Act
- H.R. 1696 (116th) PACE Act
- H.R. 6776 (116th) JOBS Credit Act of 2020
- H.R. 6429 (116th) National Commission on COVID-19 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.