House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2020
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 27, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 1, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6509.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NADLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 71, April 14, 2020, Page H1889):Article I, Section 8, clauses 1, 3, and 18 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 84 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6509, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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 August 10, 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
23 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 22 Democrats
1 of 23 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Val Demings (D-FL), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Peter King (R-NY), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Max Rose (D-NY), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler.
- H.R. 4803 (116th) Citizenship for Children of Military Members and Civil Servants Act
- H.R. 2694 (116th) Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- H.R. 3884 (116th) MORE Act of 2020
- H.Res. 755 (116th) Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
- H.Con.Res. 24 (116th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the report of Special Counsel Mueller should be made available to the public and to Congress.
- H.R. 6172 (116th) USA FREEDOM Reauthorization 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.