House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6534.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 73, April 17, 2020, Page H1894):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6534, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6534
- 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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Denny Heck (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Foster.
- H.Res. 327 (116th) Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults.
- H.R. 2986 (116th) BEST Act
- H.R. 5929 (116th) Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2020
- H.R. 2430 (116th) Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2019
- H.R. 3561 (116th) Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 1045 (116th) Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act
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.