House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2020 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8255.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 8255, Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act” on December 1, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As introduced in the House of Representatives on September 15, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56812
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8255, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9640ad26bfe7fd3b27097254f015aaaf0db000f6b0bb11f82d6342b7db75b448
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 8255, Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act” on December 1, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As introduced in the House of Representatives on September 15, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56812
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8255, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9640ad26bfe7fd3b27097254f015aaaf0db000f6b0bb11f82d6342b7db75b448
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUTTERFIELD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 159, September 15, 2020, Page H4428):Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to provide for the general welfare of the United States. Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article I.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 15, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 298 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8255, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9640ad26bfe7fd3b27097254f015aaaf0db000f6b0bb11f82d6342b7db75b448
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8255, 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Dan Bishop (R-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), David Price (D-NC), William Timmons (R-SC), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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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.