House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2020
- Committee actionSep 16, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 30, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7340.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7340, Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2020” on September 28, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on September 16, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56641
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7340, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7340
- 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 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. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 117, June 25, 2020, Page H2516):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7340, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fdb4008521595fa0a7827662533084c15c99b065601b245d1531dfff599233d9
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7340, 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 — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.
- H.R. 2166 (116th) Global Health Security Act of 2020
- H.R. 598 (116th) Georgia Support Act
- H.R. 596 (116th) Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act
- H.R. 3941 (116th) FedRAMP Authorization Act
- H.R. 790 (116th) Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019
- H.R. 4507 (116th) Protection of Saudi Dissidents 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.