House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Michael McCaul R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2019
- Committee actionApr 9, 2019
- Passed HouseMay 7, 2019 · 400–16
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1704.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1704, Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019” on May 2, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55200
- CBO publication date
- May 2, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1704, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1704
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2717):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated May 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1704, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1704
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f99bb828eb0e4792f051e258149caa1c17ce264e329143b0168af7cab051d5c
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 committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1704, 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Greg Pence (R-IN), Dean Phillips (D-MN), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul.
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.