House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1377.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 35, February 26, 2019, Page H2235):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1377, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1377
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 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
145 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 128 Democrats
17 of 145 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tj Cox (D-CA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and 115 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng.
- H.R. 1771 (116th) Divided Families Reunification Act
- H.R. 615 (116th) Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2019
- H.Res. 908 (116th) Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19.
- H.Res. 813 (116th) Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- H.R. 6563 (116th) Emergency Educational Connections Act of 2020
- H.R. 1882 (116th) Menstrual Equity For All 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.