House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Bobby Rush D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2019
- Committee actionApr 3, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 10, 2019 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 30.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1499.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1499, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019” on April 30, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 3, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 30, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55183
- CBO publication date
- April 30, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1499, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1499
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-52 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 10, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/52
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1499, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1499
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 39, March 5, 2019, Page H2368):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1499, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1499
- 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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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
38 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 37 Democrats
0 of 38 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), James Langevin (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush.
- H.R. 35 (116th) Emmett Till Antilynching Act
- H.R. 362 (116th) Energy Emergency Leadership Act
- H.R. 2114 (116th) Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2019
- H.R. 1315 (116th) Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019
- H.R. 3432 (116th) Safer Pipelines Act of 2019
- H.R. 3975 (116th) Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization 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.