House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Helping HOMES Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 11, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 11, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8003.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EVANS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 143, August 11, 2020, Page H4231):clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 11, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8003, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8003
- 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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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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8003, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Anthony Brown (D-MD), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Cooper (D-TN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Al Lawson (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dwight Evans.
- H.R. 2585 (116th) Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2019
- H.R. 4468 (116th) Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act
- H.R. 953 (116th) To prohibit consumer reporting agencies from including adverse information in certain consumer reports, and from making adverse…
- H.R. 158 (116th) Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2019
- H.R. 5937 (116th) To designate the headquarters building of the Department of Transportation located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, in Washington, DC, as…
- H.R. 7451 (116th) HEAL 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.