House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2019
- Committee actionMar 26, 2019
- Passed HouseOct 16, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 17, 2019 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1496.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1496, Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2019” on April 10, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on March 26, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55107
- CBO publication date
- April 10, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1496, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1496
- 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 links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 39, March 5, 2019, Page H2368):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I: The Congress shall have Power To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in this Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 298 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1496, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cba9b073bc1f7acdb86d46a4c88baeb2644a49db859609c86b859d50521934da
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1496, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jody Hice.
- H.R. 306 (116th) Kettle Creek Battlefield Survey Act
- H.R. 307 (116th) Preserving America’s Battlefields Act
- H.Res. 50 (116th) Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22d day of January each year.
- H.R. 305 (116th) Sanctity of Human Life Act
- H.R. 7211 (116th) LIFE NOW Act
- H.R. 891 (116th) Nuclear Family Priority Act
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.