House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
COVID–19 Vaccine Awareness Support Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 14, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8966.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 211, December 14, 2020, Pages H7154-H7155):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8966, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8966
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4507fec8790c00054bf5c724fcc04c8df28b5511dee8c32493e7b3050a2a469b
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 December 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Neal Dunn (R-FL), John Joyce (R-PA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ron Kind (D-WI), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Scott Peters (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ).
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.