House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax deduction at the time an investment is made in property used for the mining, reclaiming, or recycling of critical minerals and metals from the United States, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 1, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8143.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 152, September 1, 2020, Page H4318):Article I, Section 8, clause 18 ASource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 1, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 33 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8143, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8143
- 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.
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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
15 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 15 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Will Hurd (R-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Van Taylor (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX), Ron Wright (R-TX), Don Young (R-AK).
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.