House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 7, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1556.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 40, March 6, 2019, Page H2505):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 168 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1556, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3340f482131526082f783f5198b74f2f293ae6f1b1a2e3f03f6215eb9b85c00a
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1556, 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
23 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 23 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), George Holding (R-NC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Billy Long (R-MO), Brian Mast (R-FL), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Tom Rice (R-SC), Francis Rooney (R-FL), David Rouzer (R-NC), John Rutherford (R-FL), Donna Shalala (D-FL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Ross Spano (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
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.