House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6956.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 94, May 19, 2020, Page H2271):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6956, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d6af1f76fe2c85f6c4031a723536d27fa6a1795610e249be793d5a6e7d08e68
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6956, last updated December 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
21 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 15 Democrats
6 of 21 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), David Cicilline (D-RI), Angie Craig (D-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), David Trone (D-MD), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Xochitl Torres Small.
- H.R. 5273 (116th) Securing America's Ports Act
- H.R. 1912 (116th) DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2019
- H.R. 4891 (116th) Western Water Security Act of 2020
- H.R. 1598 (116th) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2019
- H.R. 5824 (116th) Federal Law Enforcement Training Research and Reporting Act of 2020
- H.R. 6070 (116th) Border Health Security Act of 2020
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.