House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 23, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 23, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8664.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARCIA of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 182, October 23, 2020, Page H5706):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 23, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8664, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8664
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98665594b43096db53d5a0721e00c43e90d4b8bb4d10b6805ac33a522bbfdd55
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.
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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
45 cosponsors — 45 Democrats
0 of 45 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), John Larson (D-CT), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 15 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jesús García.
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.