House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-40
To amend title 28, United States Code, to add Flagstaff and Yuma to the list of locations in which court shall be held in the judicial district for the State of Arizona.
Became law on Aug 9, 2019.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2019
- Committee actionJun 12, 2019
- Passed HouseJul 10, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 25, 2019 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 30, 2019
- Became lawAug 9, 2019
Latest action: Aug 9, 2019 — Became Public Law No: 116-40.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1569.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1569, A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to add Flagstaff and Yuma to the list of locations in which court shall be held in the judicial district for the State of Arizona” on June 20, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 12, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55376
- CBO publication date
- June 20, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1569, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1569
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-142 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 9, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 9, 2019 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/142
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1569, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1569
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. O'HALLERAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 40, March 6, 2019, Page H2505):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2019 ↗
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- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1569, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1569
- 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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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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Greg Stanton (D-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom O'Halleran.
- H.R. 4447 (116th) Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act
- H.R. 3160 (116th) Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
- H.R. 5541 (116th) Tribal Power Act
- H.R. 2328 (116th) REACH Act
- H.R. 4840 (116th) Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2020
- H.Res. 58 (116th) Supporting the goal of increasing public school teacher pay and public education funding.
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.