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 House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7601.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHALALA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 125, July 13, 2020, Page H3084):Article I, Section 8, clause 4 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7601, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bda7f1dd653853f9b357936727f9d69e99e073b03228104609cc51e85eb58819
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7601, last updated December 5, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
6 of 6 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), John Joyce (R-PA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donna Shalala.
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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.