House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
SCHOOLS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 1, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 1, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8150.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 152, September 1, 2020, Page H4318):Article I, Section 8--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 1, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 254 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8150, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8150
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
30 cosponsors — 30 Democrats
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Val Demings (D-FL), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.
- H.R. 854 (116th) Humanitarian Assistance to the Venezuelan People Act of 2019
- H.R. 8225 (116th) Fight Notario Fraud Act of 2020
- H.R. 8017 (116th) MOTION Act
- H.Res. 1172 (116th) Calling for the release of Cuban political prisoner Silverio Portal Contreras.
- H.Con.Res. 76 (116th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to men.
- H.Con.Res. 122 (116th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to men.
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.