House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
COVS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2020
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7566.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 124, July 9, 2020, Page H3078):Article IV, Section 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7566, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7566
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
582ebea7c37b44332551963bc6d374541c84df845c86ba9677cc3a8930ca2f08
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 February 4, 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
22 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 15 Democrats
7 of 22 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Jared Golden (D-ME), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), John Katko (R-NY), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ron Kind (D-WI), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Scott Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Abigail Spanberger.
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- H.R. 2881 (116th) Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020
- H.R. 2115 (116th) Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts and Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Act
- H.Res. 1082 (116th) Expressing the sense of the House that the Department of Justice should defend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law…
- H.R. 5637 (116th) Michael Lecik Military Firefighters Protection Act
- H.R. 7183 (116th) National NEVER FORGET 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.