House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2020
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2020 · 406–3
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6210.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 47, March 11, 2020, Page H1662):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, and Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6210, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6210
- 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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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 May 28, 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
87 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 64 Democrats
23 of 87 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Jesús García (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Jody Hice (R-GA), James Himes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and 57 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James McGovern.
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- H.R. 4331 (116th) Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2019
- H.R. 4270 (116th) PROTECT Hong Kong Act
- H.Res. 1145 (116th) Condemning the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and calling for a robust United States and international response.
- H.Res. 660 (116th) Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into…
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.