House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
RESTART Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 2, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 2, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 7481.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 122, July 2, 2020, Page H3062):Article I, Section 8 power to regulate commerceSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 47 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7481, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7481
- 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
179 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 139 Democrats
40 of 179 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK) and 149 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jared Golden.
- H.R. 4406 (116th) Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 4719 (116th) FISH SAFE Act
- H.R. 5998 (116th) Gold Star Families Parks Pass Act
- H.R. 1785 (116th) Future in Logging Careers Act
- H.R. 845 (116th) Solidarity in Salary Act of 2019
- H.R. 4416 (116th) Lead-Free Future 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.