House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1398.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 36, February 27, 2019, Page H2272):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1398, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1398
- 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.
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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
170 cosponsors — 133 Republicans, 36 Democrats, 1 independent
133 of 170 cosponsors (78%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Ben Cline (R-VA) and 140 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.