House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 7, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1221.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 29, February 14, 2019, Page H2033):Clause 1 of Section 8 of the US Constitution By Mr. KIND H.R. 1222. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 175 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1221, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1221
- 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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 1716 (116th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2019
- H.R. 3596 (116th) Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act
- H.R. 1248 (116th) York River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2019
- H.R. 5861 (116th) Agriculture Resilience Act
- H.R. 1092 (116th) Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2019
- H.R. 3212 (116th) Accountability for Sexual and Gender-based Violence as a Tool in Conflict 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.