House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 3, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1694.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUJAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 44, March 12, 2019, Page H2680):ARTICLE I, SECTION 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 12, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1694, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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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
110 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 109 Democrats
1 of 110 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA) and 80 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Luján.
- H.R. 2181 (116th) Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019
- H.R. 3682 (116th) Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act
- H.R. 912 (116th) Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 913 (116th) CLINICAL TREATMENT Act
- H.R. 1277 (116th) State Public Option Act
- H.R. 3783 (116th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments 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.