House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 119.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H214):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 119, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/119
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
54 cosponsors — 54 Democrats
0 of 54 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
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- H.R. 1400 (116th) Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2019
- H.R. 125 (116th) Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2019
- H.R. 7799 (116th) To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway", and for other purposes.
- H.R. 117 (116th) NEWBORN Act
- H.R. 6965 (116th) Cash Refunds for Coronavirus Cancellations 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.