House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jul 21, 2020 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3596)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7606.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 125, July 13, 2020, Page H3084):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7606, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 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 January 3, 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
21 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 21 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), K. Conaway (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), James Himes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Donna Shalala (D-FL), Van Taylor (R-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Ron Wright (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roger Williams.
- H.R. 241 (116th) Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2019
- H.R. 3665 (116th) School Violence Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2019
- H.Res. 37 (116th) Honoring the life of Richard Arvin Overton.
- H.R. 1173 (116th) President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush Dollar Coin Act
- H.R. 2079 (116th) Freedom Financing Act
- H.R. 5574 (116th) Preserving Small Business Lending Act of 2020
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.