House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2017
- Committee actionDec 12, 2017
- Passed HouseApr 10, 2018 · 408–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2219.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2219, End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017” on February 15, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 14, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 15, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53587
- CBO publication date
- February 15, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2219, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2219
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2219, End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017” on February 15, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on December 13, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 15, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53588
- CBO publication date
- February 15, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2219, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2219
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc690c2682b26c303beb0e0b684c15a639595924422c202dc840c35586dfd530
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-569,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 115-569,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 23, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/569
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/569 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2219, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2219
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc690c2682b26c303beb0e0b684c15a639595924422c202dc840c35586dfd530
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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. ROYCE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 72, April 27, 2017, Page H2942):Article I, section 8, clause I (relating to the general welfare of the United States); and Article I, section 8, clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate commerce).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 178 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2219, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2219
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc690c2682b26c303beb0e0b684c15a639595924422c202dc840c35586dfd530
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
15 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 8 Democrats, 1 independent
9 of 15 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), John Delaney (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), William Keating (D-MA), Mia Love (R-UT), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Luke Messer (R-IN), Ted Poe (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Albio Sires (D-NJ).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.