House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, 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. 6863.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 91, May 14, 2020, Page H2004):Art. I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6863, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6863
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a90b15f7b2a230ab42aa7a0f81bd048a4f61d2f00a81128c9454cc823509345f
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 10, 2026). 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
32 cosponsors — 32 Republicans
0 of 32 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Paul Cook (R-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Michael Guest (R-MS), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Austin Scott (R-GA), W. Steube (R-FL), Steve Stivers (R-OH), William Timmons (R-SC), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Mark Walker (R-NC) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.