House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-211
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2020
- Committee actionOct 2, 2020
- Passed HouseOct 2, 2020 · without objection
- Passed SenateNov 12, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 24, 2020
- Became lawDec 4, 2020
Latest action: Dec 4, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-211.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8472.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COURTNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 171, October 1, 2020, Page H5639):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8472, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8472
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c839a5e0871eaf98df99428a4786fc1d43c06a5765837db41a52fd93bc09acc5
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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8472, last updated July 21, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney.
- H.R. 748 (116th) CARES Act
- H.R. 1309 (116th) Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
- H.R. 1707 (116th) Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
- H.R. 1257 (116th) United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act of 2019
- H.R. 1682 (116th) Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019
- H.R. 6397 (116th) Coronavirus Emergency Student Loan Refinancing 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.