House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Small Packer Overtime and Holiday Fee Relief for COVID–19 Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Dusty Johnson R-SDWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6977.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 97, May 22, 2020, Page H2278):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6977, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6977
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
952fad564fb46256a132fc997a8f44ad4678fa776779bb8ca8e46eba91dc95a6
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
16 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 16 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Angie Craig (D-MN), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), David Roe (R-TN), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Steve Womack (R-AR), Ron Wright (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dusty Johnson.
- H.R. 2454 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 East Sharpfish Street in Rosebud, South Dakota, as the "Ben…
- H.R. 895 (116th) Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act
- H.R. 7358 (116th) Mount Rushmore Protection Act
- H.R. 3183 (116th) FEEDD Act
- H.R. 8489 (116th) PRICE Act
- H.R. 7425 (116th) DIRECT 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.