House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Hong Kong People’s Freedom and Choice Act of 2020

H.R. 8428Introduced Sep 29, 2020Policy area: Immigration

Sponsor: Rep. Tom Malinowski D-NJ

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 29, 2020
Committee actionOct 1, 2020
Passed HouseDec 7, 2020 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 8, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8428.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 8428, Hong Kong People’s Freedom and Choice Act of 2020” on November 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 1, 2020”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 24, 2020 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56799
CBO publication date
November 24, 2020
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 8428, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8428
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 8428, Hong Kong People’s Freedom and Choice Act of 2020” on November 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 1, 2020”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 24, 2020 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56799
CBO publication date
November 24, 2020
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 8428, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8428
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MALINOWSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 169, September 29, 2020, Page H5053):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2020 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 8428, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8428
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). 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

23 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 17 Democrats

6 of 23 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.

Ami Bera (D-CA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Katie Porter (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Van Taylor (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Ted Yoho (R-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Malinowski.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-7 district

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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.