House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Helping Small Businesses Reopen Safely Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7431.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROUDA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 120, June 30, 2020, Page H2982):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7431, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Harley Rouda.
- H.R. 3889 (116th) ONDCP Technical Corrections Act of 2019
- H.R. 206 (116th) Encouraging Small Business Innovation Act
- H.R. 2739 (116th) Transit Infrastructure Vehicle Security Act
- H.R. 7595 (116th) Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act
- H.R. 3374 (116th) LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act
- H.R. 1317 (116th) Coastal Communities Adaptation Act
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.