House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 7, 2020
- Committee actionSep 9, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7948.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7948, Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020” on December 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 24, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56929
- CBO publication date
- December 24, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7948, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7948
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-546 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 29, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/546
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7948, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7948
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIANFORTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 141, August 7, 2020, Page H4226):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 7, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7948, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7948
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Ben Luján (D-NM), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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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.