House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Educational Connections Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 21, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 5, 2020 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E425)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6563.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 75, April 21, 2020, Page H1900):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6563, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6563
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 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
99 cosponsors — 99 Democrats
0 of 99 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Val Demings (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA) and 69 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng.
- H.R. 1771 (116th) Divided Families Reunification Act
- H.R. 615 (116th) Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2019
- H.Res. 908 (116th) Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19.
- H.R. 1377 (116th) Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
- H.Res. 813 (116th) Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- H.R. 1882 (116th) Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2019
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.