House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2020
- Committee actionJul 29, 2020
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7276.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7276, Desert Locust Control Act” on September 25, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 29, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56637
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7276, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
450bd0b81991ddb684e950ee923bab3ca5c81a5d2b720cb8e530afd6ac7ee464
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 113, June 18, 2020, Page H2407):Article I Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7276, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
450bd0b81991ddb684e950ee923bab3ca5c81a5d2b720cb8e530afd6ac7ee464
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 committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7276, last updated May 28, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
7 of 7 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
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- H.R. 3289 (116th) Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019
- H.R. 8438 (116th) Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 2020
- H.R. 3460 (116th) End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act
- H.R. 4686 (116th) Sami’s Law
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.