House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Committee actionFeb 26, 2019
- Passed HouseMar 8, 2019 · 234–193
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2019 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1, For the People Act of 2019” on March 1, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on February 26, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 1, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55003
- CBO publication date
- March 1, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 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. 1, For the People Act of 2019” on March 7, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Rules on March 5, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55021
- CBO publication date
- March 7, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16e8d0eccd8aa6408efe4408553f1e9dc43aa2b45b14852a821dab49dfba42e3
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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-15 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on March 4, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/15
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. SARBANES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H211):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the General Welfare Clause.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16e8d0eccd8aa6408efe4408553f1e9dc43aa2b45b14852a821dab49dfba42e3
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
236 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 235 Democrats
0 of 236 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA) and 206 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes.
- H.R. 2075 (116th) School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2020
- H.R. 2427 (116th) Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 2441 (116th) What You Can Do For Your Country Act
- H.R. 5684 (116th) Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2019
- H.R. 4707 (116th) Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act
- H.R. 6037 (116th) Fair Access to Legal Counsel Act of 2020
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.