House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8236.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 158, September 14, 2020, Page H4381):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8236, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8236
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8236, last updated January 3, 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
27 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 27 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Billy Long (R-MO), Brian Mast (R-FL), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Bill Posey (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), Austin Scott (R-GA), Donna Shalala (D-FL), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Darren Soto (D-FL), Ross Spano (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
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.