House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Cuellar D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6864.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUELLAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 91, May 14, 2020, Page H2004):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6864, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6864
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5518103494e397793d471ab82f46dc1f141ef6b4dccdf1983982ebea90fb3d73
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 5, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Peter King (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Filemon Vela (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar.
- H.R. 133 (116th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.R. 951 (116th) United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 132 (116th) North American Development Bank Improvement Act of 2019
- H.Res. 287 (116th) Condemning the President's threat to shut down the United States-Mexico border to the detriment of the United States economy.
- H.R. 2335 (116th) Border Patrol Pay Security Act of 2019
- H.R. 8833 (116th) To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend by one year certain port of entry donation authority, and for other purposes.
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.