House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Middle East Advanced Military Technology Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8707.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ENGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 186, October 30, 2020, Page H5715):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 30, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8707, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8707
- 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), David Trone (D-MD), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
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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.