House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6541.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MALINOWSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 73, April 17, 2020, Page H1895):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 71 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6541, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6541
- 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
45 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 44 Democrats
1 of 45 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Mike Levin (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO) and 15 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 489 (116th) Condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress.
- H.Res. 1154 (116th) Condemning QAnon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it promotes.
- H.Res. 299 (116th) Condemning White Supremacist Terrorism and the Anti-immigrant Rhetoric that Inspires It Resolution
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.