House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
PANDEMIC Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 3, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6427.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 65, April 3, 2020, Page H1875):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereofSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 377 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6427, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6427
- 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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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 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
20 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 20 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Bill Johnson (R-OH), John Joyce (R-PA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), David McKinley (R-WV), Scott Perry (R-PA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Darren Soto (D-FL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), W. Steube (R-FL), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Peter Visclosky (D-IN).
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.