House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-127
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2020
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMar 14, 2020 · 363–40
- Passed SenateMar 18, 2020 · 90–8
- To the PresidentMar 18, 2020
- Became lawMar 18, 2020
Latest action: Mar 19, 2020 — Engrossment Correction
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6201.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act” on April 2, 2020. CBO’s description reads “Enacted as Public Law 116-127 on March 18, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56316
- CBO publication date
- April 2, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6201, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6201
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 Mrs. LOWEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 47, March 11, 2020, Page H1662):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 801 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6201, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6201
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
08acc22e028539c70f4b5631b622a328ad8535838debef887c3a245616a6c162
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Richard Neal (D-MA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Robert Scott (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey.
- H.J.Res. 107 (116th) Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.J.Res. 110 (116th) Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.J.Res. 28 (116th) Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 2157 (116th) Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019
- H.R. 3401 (116th) Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019
- H.R. 4378 (116th) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019
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.