House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 7, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6470.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 67, April 7, 2020, Page H1879):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6470, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6470
- 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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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 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
70 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 69 Democrats
1 of 70 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jesús García (D-IL), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) and 40 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter.
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- H.R. 4320 (116th) Corporate Management Accountability Act of 2019
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- H.R. 8639 (116th) Mental Health Justice Act of 2020
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.