House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit voter caging and other questionable challenges.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1460.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 37, February 28, 2019, Page H2316):U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. 1.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 27 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1460, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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.
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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
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Donna Shalala (D-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.
- H.R. 854 (116th) Humanitarian Assistance to the Venezuelan People Act of 2019
- H.R. 8225 (116th) Fight Notario Fraud Act of 2020
- H.R. 8017 (116th) MOTION Act
- H.R. 8150 (116th) SCHOOLS Act
- H.Res. 1172 (116th) Calling for the release of Cuban political prisoner Silverio Portal Contreras.
- H.Con.Res. 76 (116th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to men.
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.