House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 26, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1366.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STIVERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 35, February 26, 2019, Page H2235):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 293 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1366, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1366
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1366, 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
49 cosponsors — 36 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 49 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Josh Harder (D-CA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Robert Latta (R-OH) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Stivers.
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.