House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
JUSTICE Act
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- IntroducedJun 18, 2020
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 18, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Budget, 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. 7278.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STAUBER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 113, June 18, 2020, Page H2407):Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 108 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7278, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). 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
163 cosponsors — 161 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
1 of 163 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Ben Cline (R-VA), Tom Cole (R-OK) and 133 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Stauber.
- H.R. 1775 (116th) Notice to Airmen Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 2345 (116th) Clarifying the Small Business Runway Extension Act
- H.R. 2344 (116th) Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2019
- H.Res. 1265 (116th) Expressing support for designation of the week of December 6, 2021, through December 12, 2021, as National United States Miners Week.
- H.R. 1543 (116th) American Workers for Security Act of 2019
- H.R. 527 (116th) Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2019
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.