House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1411.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SIRES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 36, February 27, 2019, Page H2272):Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee finds the authority for this legislation in article I, section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 185 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1411, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1411
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 23, 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 January 23, 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
35 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 27 Democrats
7 of 35 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), John Garamendi (D-CA), Garret Graves (R-LA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), James Himes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Steve King (R-IA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), John Rutherford (R-FL), Donna Shalala (D-FL) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Albio Sires.
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- H.Res. 136 (116th) Affirming that the Government of Cuba's foreign medical missions constitute human trafficking.
- H.R. 4498 (116th) Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy 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.