House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Opportunities for Heroes Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: May 5, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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. 6699.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 84, May 5, 2020, Page H1979):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 5, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6699, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6699
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
39 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 38 Democrats
1 of 39 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Val Demings (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Harley Rouda (D-CA) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ann Kuster.
- H.R. 986 (116th) Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019
- H.R. 1618 (116th) Nicholas and Zachary Burt Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2019
- H.R. 631 (116th) For the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar.
- H.R. 2350 (116th) Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 6980 (116th) National Guard COVID–19 Response Stability Act
- H.R. 2922 (116th) Respond NOW 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.