House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
BUILDER Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8333.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 164, September 22, 2020, Page H4716):Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8333, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8333
- 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
51 cosponsors — 51 Republicans
0 of 51 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mike Bost (R-IL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Comer (R-KY), Paul Cook (R-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Kay Granger (R-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), Michael Guest (R-MS), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Jody Hice (R-GA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Robert Latta (R-OH) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Garret Graves.
- H.R. 5126 (116th) DESCEND Act of 2020
- H.R. 1079 (116th) CASES Act
- H.R. 4275 (116th) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1311 (116th) To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that unmet needs after a major disaster are met.
- H.R. 796 (116th) Savings Through Security Act
- H.R. 7528 (116th) Get America Back to Work 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.