House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 5, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. 6729.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 84, May 5, 2020, Page H1979):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 5, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6729, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6729
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6729, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
35 cosponsors — 35 Democrats
0 of 35 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Ed Case (D-HI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tj Cox (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Denny Heck (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Scott.
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- H.R. 4067 (116th) Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019
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- H.Res. 488 (116th) Supporting the designation of July 2019 as Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month.
- H.R. 5794 (116th) Endometrial Cancer Research and Education 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.