House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMar 12, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 13, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1608.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 41, March 7, 2019, Page H2585):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this law.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 121 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1608, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1608
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84c8b1c20633c49708d00a0e587a4c01e710fe5925ea67bd971df50902356e07
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1608, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wm. Clay.
- H.R. 1446 (116th) Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 5931 (116th) Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020
- H.R. 3620 (116th) Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019
- H.R. 3619 (116th) Appraisal Fee Transparency Act of 2019
- H.Con.Res. 125 (116th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1830.
- H.R. 5001 (116th) Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification 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.