House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 22, 2020
- Committee actionAug 22, 2020
- Passed HouseAug 22, 2020 · without objection
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2020 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8089.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8089, Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act” on September 14, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 14, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56573
- CBO publication date
- September 14, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8089, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8089
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 149, August 22, 2020, Page H4301):Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 22, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8089, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8089
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
867836e4d9e8a0c912e223eb9dcb1360fa9ad52308d8e52fb96b33d4002c987a
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8089, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Ken Buck (R-CO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT).
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.