House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1195.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KING of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 28, February 13, 2019, Page H1585):Article I, Section 8, Clause 6 The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 299 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1195, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1195
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 6, 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
60 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 45 Democrats
46 of 60 cosponsors (77%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Val Demings (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Denny Heck (D-WA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), John Katko (R-NY), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and 30 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter King.
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- H.R. 1313 (116th) Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act
- H.R. 3320 (116th) Securing the Homeland Security Supply Chain Act of 2019
- H.R. 906 (116th) Merrill’s Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 2178 (116th) Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act
- H.R. 3446 (116th) National Commission on Scleroderma and Fibrotic Diseases 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.