House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedJul 30, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7875.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 135, July 30, 2020, Page H4190):Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;. but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 284 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7875, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7875
- 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Republicans
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Mark Green (R-TN), H. Griffith (R-VA), Michael Guest (R-MS), Jody Hice (R-GA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), David Roe (R-TN), W. Steube (R-FL), William Timmons (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4959 (116th) Pro-Growth Budgeting Act
- H.R. 7170 (116th) America FIRST Act
- H.R. 8855 (116th) HERCULES Act
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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.