House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Pandemic Assistance for Student Veterans Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Cunningham D-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8483.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUNNINGHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 171, October 1, 2020, Page H5640):Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 1 ``The Congress shall have Power To . . . provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States;'' Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof'Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 394 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8483, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8483
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Max Rose (D-NY), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Cunningham.
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- H.R. 7092 (116th) Great American Outdoors Act
- H.R. 2982 (116th) Women Veterans Health Care Accountability Act
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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.