House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 4, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 4, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8173.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 153, September 4, 2020, Page H4326):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 4, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8173, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8173
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6a085d3b21a7379ed39abd2d1330ff0394a8b873c2d0b195be212e7ac7a93cd4
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8173, last updated April 7, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben McAdams.
- H.R. 4704 (116th) Advancing Research to Prevent Suicide Act
- H.R. 4344 (116th) Investor Protection and Capital Markets Fairness Act
- H.R. 7592 (116th) STIFLE Act of 2020
- H.R. 3597 (116th) Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019
- H.J.Res. 55 (116th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 4364 (116th) Taxpayer Fairness for Resource Development 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.