House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-64
Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2019
Became law on Oct 9, 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Guest R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2019
- Committee actionMar 13, 2019
- Passed HouseApr 1, 2019 · 394–7
- Passed SenateSep 24, 2019 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 27, 2019
- Became lawOct 9, 2019
Latest action: Oct 9, 2019 — Became Public Law No: 116-64.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1590.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1590, Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2019” on March 28, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 13, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55090
- CBO publication date
- March 28, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1590, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1590
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1590, Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2019” on May 23, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 15, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55293
- CBO publication date
- May 23, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1590, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1590
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 116-44 ↗; H. Rept. 116-27 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/44
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/27 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1590, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1590
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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. GUEST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 41, March 7, 2019, Page H2585):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department of Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 242 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1590, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1590
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Clay Higgins (R-LA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Mark Walker (R-NC).
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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.