House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
America FIRST Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 11, 2020
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 11, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7170.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 108, June 11, 2020, Page H2390):Article 1, Section 8, Constitution of the United States of America.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 67 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7170, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b64819a3b4f0b739a04bbb168c7fe6e41d8a66a7cc1eb1e96ef6c97866170e5d
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 Republicans
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Scott Perry (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), David Rouzer (R-NC), Chip Roy (R-TX), Ross Spano (R-FL), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Van Taylor (R-TX), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Hern.
- H.R. 4407 (116th) SCORE for Small Business Act of 2019
- H.R. 7875 (116th) Equal Opportunity First Amendment Act
- H.R. 8487 (116th) Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act
- H.R. 4959 (116th) Pro-Growth Budgeting Act
- H.R. 8855 (116th) HERCULES Act
- H.Res. 1049 (116th) Recognizing the duty of the House of Representatives to condemn Modern Monetary Theory and recognizing that the implementation of Modern…
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.