House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Accountability for CARES Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8331.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 163, September 21, 2020, Page H4642):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8331, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8331
- 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Cloud (R-TX), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Ross Spano (R-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Posey.
- H.R. 988 (116th) NEAR Act of 2019
- H.R. 479 (116th) SAFE for America Act
- H.Res. 443 (116th) Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 979 (116th) Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2019
- H.R. 4733 (116th) Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2019
- H.R. 5982 (116th) Safe Medicine Act
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.