To require an evaluation by the Government Accountability Office of the social, economic, and historic contributions that Minor League Baseball has made to American life and culture.
Latest action · Mar 11, 2020 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2020
- Passed HouseMar 10, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the social, economic, and historic contributions that Minor League Baseball has made to American life and culture.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2020 to Mar 9, 2020; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IA | Abby Finkenauer | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Feb 28, 2020 |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| R-KY | James Comer | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Mar 3, 2020 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Mar 9, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2020Markup Mar 4, 2020 |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2020 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Mar 10, 2020Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 10, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1564-1567)
- Mar 10, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6020.
- Mar 10, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1564-1565)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1564–H1567Text printed H1564 | Carol D. Miller R-WV, Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, David B. McKinley R-WV, Debra A. Haaland D-NM, Joe Courtney D-CT, Lori Trahan D-MA, Tim Ryan D-OH | Mar 10, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 9, 2020H.R. 6020, a bill to require an evaluation by the Government Accountability Office of the social, economic, and historic contributions that Minor League Baseball has made to American life and cultureAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on March 4, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 40, February 28, 2020, page H1423.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require an evaluation by the Government Accountability Office of the social, economic, and historic contributions that Minor League Baseball has made to American life and culture.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Sports and Recreation.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2020Referred in Senate
- Mar 10, 2020Engrossed in House
- Feb 28, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
