House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2019
- Committee actionApr 9, 2019
- Passed HouseMay 20, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1359.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1359, Digital Global Access Policy Act of 2019” on April 16, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55119
- CBO publication date
- April 16, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1359, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1359
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 35, February 26, 2019, Page H2234):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1359, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1359
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a72fe18231d32ddea74bc2666db4a0272bff2a5d03c2fbc46b64ba9c6747f027
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 committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1359, last updated May 28, 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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
5 of 6 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Wright.
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.