House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Consumer Product Safety Inspection Enhancement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 28, 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8134.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8134, Consumer Product Safety Inspection Enhancement Act” 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/56940
- CBO publication date
- December 24, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8134, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8134
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-537 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 24, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2020 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/537
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8134, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8134
- 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. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 151, August 28, 2020, Page H4312):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 28, 2020 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8134, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8134
- 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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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janice Schakowsky.
- H.R. 2211 (116th) STURDY Act
- H.R. 2781 (116th) EMPOWER for Health Act of 2019
- H.R. 3170 (116th) Safe Cribs Act of 2019
- H.R. 2296 (116th) More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act
- H.R. 1948 (116th) Lymphedema Treatment Act of 2019
- H.R. 961 (116th) Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2019
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.