House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Chabot R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 7, 2020
- Committee actionOct 1, 2020
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7954.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7954, Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2020” on November 13, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 1, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56770
- CBO publication date
- November 13, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7954, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 141, August 7, 2020, Page H4226):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 7, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7954, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31befecdc2fdb0ed7aaa444f84b0d468b54d7be4a513d73ee416c34df2043eb3
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 committee report (as of December 5, 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 — 1 Republican, 8 Democrats
8 of 9 cosponsors (89%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Ron Kind (D-WI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Chabot.
- H.R. 2229 (116th) First Responders Passport Act of 2019
- H.R. 1649 (116th) Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2019
- H.R. 499 (116th) Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act
- H.R. 1663 (116th) Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2019
- H.R. 498 (116th) Clean Up the Code Act of 2019
- H.R. 948 (116th) NOPEC
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.