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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7188.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIMMONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 108, June 11, 2020, Page H2391):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7188, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7188, last updated December 5, 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
10 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 10 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), J. Hill (R-AR), Will Hurd (R-TX), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Fred Upton (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Timmons.
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- H.R. 4071 (116th) To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide that concurrent resolutions on the budget include the…
- H.J.Res. 86 (116th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may…
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.