House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseOct 29, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1623.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 41, March 7, 2019, Page H2586):Article 1, Section 4 and Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1623, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1623
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e01d8b70616b24f2351f9309c22d9d1af51b128ae937f1179c5f90a78052496c
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1623, last updated December 5, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter.
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- H.R. 4320 (116th) Corporate Management Accountability Act of 2019
- H.R. 6470 (116th) Medical Debt Relief Act of 2020
- H.R. 3165 (116th) Mental Health Parity Compliance Act
- H.R. 5711 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 League in Irvine, California, as the "Tuskegee Airman…
- H.R. 8639 (116th) Mental Health Justice Act of 2020
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.