House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
World Language Advancement and Readiness Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1094.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 24, February 7, 2019, Page H1464):As described in Article 1, Section 1, ``all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the authority to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare'' of Americans. The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States government, including those under Title 50 of the United States Code, are carried out to support the national security interests of the United States, to support and assist the armed forces of the United States, and to support the President in the execution of the…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1094, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1094
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99056234b1025b5f4c7744dbb144f83b08895597540ab1da5331ddcf2226e092
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 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 — 2 Republicans, 24 Democrats
2 of 26 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), James Himes (D-CT), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Ron Kind (D-WI), James Langevin (D-RI), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Price.
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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.