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 14, 2019 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 40.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1617.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 41, March 7, 2019, Page H2586):United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1617, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1617
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f7bf578f04a723c63173b810ad2bec91184beb4c5d447834028393e22de21a4e
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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1617, last updated May 28, 2025. 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Van Taylor (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
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- H.R. 1454 (116th) COOL OFF Act
- H.Res. 1076 (116th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the date of the 2020 United States Presidential election shall be held on November 3, 2020.
- H.R. 4211 (116th) Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act
- H.R. 4118 (116th) Hate Crimes Commission Act of 2019
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.