House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Safe and Secure Medicine Supply for Hardworking Americans Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 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. 6885.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLORES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 92, May 15, 2020, Page H2261):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 . . . to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 400 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6885, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6885
- 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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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Ron Wright (R-TX).
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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.