House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Ami Bera D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 8702.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 186, October 30, 2020, Page H5715):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 30, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8702, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8702
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- 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 January 3, 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
111 cosponsors — 50 Republicans, 61 Democrats
50 of 111 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and 81 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ami Bera.
- H.R. 1646 (116th) HERO Act
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- H.R. 6334 (116th) Securing America From Epidemics Act
- H.R. 5760 (116th) Grid Security Research and Development Act
- H.R. 1398 (116th) Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019
- H.R. 1841 (116th) Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2019
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.