House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6317.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 57, March 23, 2020, Page H1717):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6317, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6317
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
80 cosponsors — 80 Democrats
0 of 80 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Tj Cox (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) and 50 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.