House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
PASS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 24, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 24, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8820.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 199, November 24, 2020, Page H6019):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 24, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8820, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8820
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4080c595bb723eb7c44287d553e86d64ef784d11cafef68f3edf6625d5514111
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
82 cosponsors — 82 Democrats
0 of 82 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and 52 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lauren Underwood.
- H.R. 2372 (116th) Veterans' Care Quality Transparency Act
- H.R. 3525 (116th) U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act
- H.R. 3526 (116th) Counter Terrorist Network Act
- H.R. 5780 (116th) Safe Communities Act of 2020
- H.R. 6140 (116th) Veterans in STEM Act
- H.R. 6142 (116th) Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020
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.