House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 14, 2019 · 403–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 116.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JUDY CHU of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H214):Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 116, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/116
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 116, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu.
- H.R. 3299 (116th) PRIDE Act of 2019
- H.R. 7903 (116th) To amend the Small Business Act to establish the Community Advantage Loan Program.
- H.R. 2214 (116th) NO BAN Act
- H.R. 2215 (116th) San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act
- H.R. 2975 (116th) Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019
- H.R. 3222 (116th) No Federal Funds for Public Charge 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.