House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-164

Extension of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act

H.R. 991Introduced Feb 6, 2019Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Became law on Oct 10, 2020.

Sponsor: Rep. Terri Sewell D-AL

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 6, 2019
Committee actionSep 30, 2020
Passed HouseSep 22, 2020 · by voice vote
Passed SenateSep 30, 2020 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentOct 9, 2020
Became lawOct 10, 2020

Latest action: Oct 10, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-164.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 991.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 991, The Extension of the Caribbean Basin Recovery Act” on September 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As submitted to CBO on September 21, 2020 https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20200921/BILLS-116hr991-SUSv1.pdf”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2020 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56616
CBO publication date
September 22, 2020
Congress.gov bill record
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Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/991
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 991, The Extension of the Caribbean Basin Recovery Act” on September 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As submitted to CBO on September 21, 2020 https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20200921/BILLS-116hr991-SUSv1.pdf”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2020 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56616
CBO publication date
September 22, 2020
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H.R. 991, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/991
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 23, February 6, 2019, Page H1392):
Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
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H.R. 991, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/991
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 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

26 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 17 Democrats

9 of 26 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.

Don Bacon (R-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tom Cole (R-OK), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Al Lawson (D-FL), John Lewis (D-GA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Jason Smith (R-MO), Michael Turner (R-OH), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Terri Sewell.

Sponsor’s state and district

Alabama in Congress · AL-7 district

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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.