House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial located at 6900 Delta Drive, El Paso, Texas and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 31, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 26, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7908.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 136, July 31, 2020, Page H4214):Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS, CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 31, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 424 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7908, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7908
- 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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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
54 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 53 Democrats
1 of 54 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), J. Correa (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT), Will Hurd (R-TX), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), A. McEachin (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Veronica Escobar.
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- H.R. 2203 (116th) Homeland Security Improvement Act
- H.R. 2662 (116th) Asylum Seeker Protection Act
- H.Res. 1075 (116th) Commemorating one year since the domestic terror attack motivated by white supremacy occurred in El Paso, Texas, on August 3, 2019.
- H.R. 2759 (116th) Department of Defense Climate Resiliency and Readiness Act
- H.R. 8599 (116th) Binational Health Strategies 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.