House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2019
- Committee actionJul 17, 2019
- Passed HouseNov 13, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 14, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1615.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1615, VA-SBA Act” on October 24, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 17, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 24, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55763
- CBO publication date
- October 24, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1615, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1615
- 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-280 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on November 12, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 12, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/280
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1615, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e47743d18684abe87ee7a774e288a216706c1045cc027be0a69d8ac6e9b97159
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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. KELLY of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 41, March 7, 2019, Pages H2585-H2586):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 245 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1615, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e47743d18684abe87ee7a774e288a216706c1045cc027be0a69d8ac6e9b97159
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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
25 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 25 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Crow (D-CO), John Curtis (R-UT), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Kevin Hern (R-OK), John Joyce (R-PA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Scott Peters (D-CA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), David Roe (R-TN), Ross Spano (R-FL), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Steve Watkins (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trent Kelly.
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- H.R. 613 (116th) TRICARE Reserve Select Improvement Act
- H.R. 1919 (116th) DEER Act
- H.R. 3319 (116th) Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H–2A Modernization Act
- H.R. 4702 (116th) Small Business Size Standard Manufacturing Clarification Act of 2019
- H.R. 5921 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 Highway 15 North in Pontotoc, Mississippi, as the "Lance…
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.