House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Promoting Internet Freedom and Innovation Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Cathy Rodgers R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1096.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 24, February 7, 2019, Page H1464):Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3 Congress shall have the Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 164 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1096, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1096
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 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
28 cosponsors — 28 Republicans
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Earl Carter (R-GA), Tom Cole (R-OK), John Curtis (R-UT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), George Holding (R-NC), Will Hurd (R-TX), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Billy Long (R-MO), David McKinley (R-WV), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Pete Olson (R-TX), Tom Reed (R-NY), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Steve Watkins (R-KS), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cathy Rodgers.
- H.R. 4779 (116th) To extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 8132 (116th) American COMPETE Act
- H.R. 8158 (116th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive budget neutrality for oxygen under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2771 (116th) Protecting HOME Act of 2019
- H.R. 3162 (116th) Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 2505 (116th) Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2019
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.