House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 6, 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. 7496.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7496, COVID PREPARE 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/56642
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7496, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHNEIDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 123, July 6, 2020, Page H3068):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7496, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e5e0820167c1f62d99d9c1de6d1017898f77c3ca1b319f61ccae20e2214c786a
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. 7496, 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
31 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 28 Democrats
3 of 31 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Max Rose (D-NY), Harley Rouda (D-CA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Van Taylor (R-TX), Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bradley Schneider.
- H.Res. 246 (116th) Opposing efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel.
- H.R. 5602 (116th) Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
- H.R. 3537 (116th) Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2019
- H.Con.Res. 31 (116th) Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
- H.Con.Res. 87 (116th) Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
- H.R. 3414 (116th) Opioid Workforce 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.