House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6738.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 87, May 8, 2020, Page H1986):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6738, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6738
- 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
11 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 8 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Bill Posey (R-FL), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ed Case.
- H.R. 7045 (116th) To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on lands that could be included in a National Forest in Hawai'i, and for other…
- H.R. 2406 (116th) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2019
- H.R. 2908 (116th) Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2019
- H.R. 4232 (116th) PLAN Act
- H.R. 8480 (116th) Visit America Act
- H.R. 3384 (116th) Coral Reef Sustainability Through Innovation 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.