House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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. 7517.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeGETTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 124, July 9, 2020, Page H3077):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7517, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 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 December 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7517, last updated December 3, 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
142 cosponsors — 142 Democrats
0 of 142 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA) and 112 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette.
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.