House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Help Our Heroes Access Medicine 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: Apr 21, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6573.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 75, April 21, 2020, Page H1900):Article 1, Section 9, Clauses 12 and 13, which grant Congress the power to establish a military, and Clause 18, which grants Congress the necessary and proper powers to carry out its enumberated powers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 202 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6573, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6573
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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 June 6, 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
14 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 13 Democrats
1 of 14 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Denny Heck (D-WA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester.
- H.R. 5972 (116th) Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office Dedication Act
- H.R. 2610 (116th) Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
- H.R. 987 (116th) Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act
- H.R. 7286 (116th) Quit Because of COVID-19 Act
- H.R. 2348 (116th) Clean Slate Act of 2019
- H.R. 7504 (116th) VA Clinical TEAM Culture 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.