House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Removing Barriers to Basic Needs Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 31, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7916.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MOORE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 136, July 31, 2020, Page H4214):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 31, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7916, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7916
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 21, 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
59 cosponsors — 59 Democrats
0 of 59 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Tj Cox (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA) and 29 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gwen Moore.
- H.R. 2271 (116th) Scarlett’s Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act
- H.R. 3138 (116th) ‘Six Triple Eight’ Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
- H.R. 2457 (116th) National De-Escalation of Violence and Community Safety Training Act of 2019
- H.R. 2927 (116th) Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act of 2019
- H.R. 7551 (116th) Earned Income and Child Tax Credits Outreach Act of 2020
- H.R. 5271 (116th) WRCR Act of 2019
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.