House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 20, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 20, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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. 8626.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 179, October 20, 2020, Page H5699):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 20, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8626, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32efa97025064862f8aeb9f2a0eeebd8d1b6f390a4767821702db3bfe49783e6
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8626, last updated January 3, 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
37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tj Cox (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Al Lawson (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nanette Barragán.
- H.R. 4499 (116th) NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2020
- H.R. 2539 (116th) Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2019
- H.R. 8726 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California, as the "PFC…
- H.R. 6561 (116th) Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2020
- H.R. 6707 (116th) ReWIND Act
- H.R. 7024 (116th) Climate Smart Ports 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.