House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 3, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 4, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8859.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 204, December 3, 2020, Page H6142):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 3, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8859, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8859
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c26b2f6f370eab22018008b0d3430ec2c744591d96adfb21943d05021defe63
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. 8859, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Eric Crawford (R-AR), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Garret Graves (R-LA), Greg Pence (R-IN), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carol Miller.
- H.R. 3362 (116th) Small Airport Mothers’ Rooms Act of 2019
- H.Con.Res. 10 (116th) Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol to honor the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the Second World War upon death.
- H.R. 6988 (116th) Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2020
- H.R. 7751 (116th) Energy Security Cooperation with Allied Partners in Europe Act of 2019
- H.R. 3159 (116th) RIDE Act of 2019
- H.R. 4571 (116th) Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce 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.