House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
The Heroes Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Committee actionSep 25, 2019
- Passed HouseNov 20, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJan 9, 2020 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesOct 1, 2020
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2020 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 925.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 925, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act” on September 30, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 25, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55675
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 925, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/925
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 925, Heroes Act” on October 16, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on October 1, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56686
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 925, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/925
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-284 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 13, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/284
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 925, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/925
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
859cba45258ff686dba018a02a00618ed862f76669d58f4ff25ff96b77c8d871
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 19, January 30, 2019, Page H1338):Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2019 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 925, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/925
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
859cba45258ff686dba018a02a00618ed862f76669d58f4ff25ff96b77c8d871
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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
34 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 21 Democrats
12 of 34 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Paul Cook (R-CA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Garret Graves (R-LA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), David Kustoff (R-TN), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mark Pocan (D-WI), David Price (D-NC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson.
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- H.R. 806 (116th) Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2019
- H.R. 1289 (116th) PHONE Act of 2020
- H.R. 5373 (116th) United States Anti-Doping Agency Reauthorization Act of 2020
- H.R. 945 (116th) Mental Health Access Improvement 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.