House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway", and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7799.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 132, July 27, 2020, Page H3881):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7799, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7799
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ee2a0c2410e1f4e4d8abb623c93ed0436d93e0ea87901ab0b8c084f974869f44
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7799, last updated January 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
112 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 103 Democrats
9 of 112 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), James Cooper (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tj Cox (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and 82 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 3304 (116th) National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2019
- H.R. 1400 (116th) Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2019
- H.R. 125 (116th) Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2019
- H.R. 117 (116th) NEWBORN Act
- H.R. 119 (116th) National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2019
- H.R. 6965 (116th) Cash Refunds for Coronavirus Cancellations 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.