House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Adrian Smith R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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. 6792.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 87, May 8, 2020, Page H1987):Article I, Section 8, clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6792, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6792
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 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 December 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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 1472 (116th) To rename the Homestead National Monument of America near Beatrice, Nebraska, as the Homestead National Historical Park.
- H.R. 2788 (116th) Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act of 2019
- H.R. 6569 (116th) Rural Health Relief Act
- H.R. 1041 (116th) Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2019
- H.R. 2284 (116th) Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019
- H.R. 1473 (116th) Focusing State Efforts to Expand Opportunity 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.