House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2020
- Committee actionJul 23, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2020 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7694.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7694, Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act of 2020” on November 9, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 23, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 9, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56753
- CBO publication date
- November 9, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7694, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 128, July 21, 2020, Page H3611):Article I Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7694, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e343a5cec3a0d10f423565a2e61602f718e75e90f06107d8d8be1790025337b
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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.