House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1041.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 24, February 7, 2019, Page H1462):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1041, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1041
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1041, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Steve Watkins (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 1472 (116th) To rename the Homestead National Monument of America near Beatrice, Nebraska, as the Homestead National Historical Park.
- H.R. 2788 (116th) Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act of 2019
- H.R. 6569 (116th) Rural Health Relief Act
- H.R. 6792 (116th) Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020
- H.R. 2284 (116th) Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019
- H.R. 1473 (116th) Focusing State Efforts to Expand Opportunity Act
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.