House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019

H.R. 1603Introduced Mar 7, 2019Policy area: Environmental Protection

Sponsor: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici D-OR

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 7, 2019
Committee actionNov 19, 2019
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 19, 2019 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 1.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1603.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1603, Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019” on December 4, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 19, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 4, 2020 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56880
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December 4, 2020
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1603, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1603
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BONAMICI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 41, March 7, 2019, Page H2585):
Article 1, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1603, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1603
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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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

49 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 48 Democrats

0 of 49 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Katie Hill (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), A. McEachin (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ) and 19 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici.

Sponsor’s state and district

Oregon in Congress · OR-1 district

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