House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Pandemic Recovery Enforcement Flexibility Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 4, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 4, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7923.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 138, August 4, 2020, Page H4219):Article I, Section I of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of specific legislative powers granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; and, Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 4, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 904 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7923, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 4, 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
9 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Mark Green (R-TN), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Fred Keller (R-PA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Comer.
- H.R. 128 (116th) Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2019
- H.R. 7922 (116th) Pandemic Regulatory Cost Relief Act of 2020
- H.R. 2052 (116th) To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to a portion of the Wendell H. Ford (Western Kentucky)…
- H.R. 3765 (116th) Citizens Count Census Act of 2019
- H.R. 8955 (116th) Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2020
- H.R. 8832 (116th) SAFE TO WORK Act
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.