House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 11, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. 7161.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 108, June 11, 2020, Page H2390):Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7161, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7161
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 July 21, 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
22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Peter Visclosky (D-IN), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
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.