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: Feb 15, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1293.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VELA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 29, February 14, 2019, Page H2035):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1293, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe31219d2a3319297dea47c7c6fdbfa2845a1debbdf8307ad74d537b97c143de
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1293, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Katie Hill (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Filemon Vela.
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- H.R. 4482 (116th) Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019
- H.Res. 1098 (116th) Commending the United States military servicemembers and NATO allies who successfully planned, coordinated, deployed, and trained as part…
- H.R. 1234 (116th) Preventing the Taking of Americans’ Land to Build Trump’s Wall Act
- H.R. 7142 (116th) HOME Meals Act
- H.R. 2347 (116th) Border and Refugee Assistance 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.