House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. 7579.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURGESS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 125, July 13, 2020, Page H3083):The attached legislation falls under Congress' enumerated Constitutional authority to impose taxes pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and regulate the properties of the United States pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 235 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7579, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
477fbb00de5c79f5a1ee184d9ae26883cd443b77dd6a3a2173100556792caf74
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. 7579, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Rob Bishop (R-UT), John Carter (R-TX), Liz Cheney (R-WY), K. Conaway (R-TX), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Greg Pence (R-IN), Chris Stewart (R-UT).
More from the sponsor
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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.