House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Chellie Pingree D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2019
- Committee actionMay 1, 2019
- Passed HouseJun 5, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1716.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1716, Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2019” on May 29, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on May 1, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55308
- CBO publication date
- May 29, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1716, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1716
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. 116-81 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on May 23, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/81
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1716, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1716
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 45, March 13, 2019, Page H2718):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 93 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1716, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1716
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
18 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 12 Democrats
6 of 18 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Jared Golden (D-ME), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Peter King (R-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 3596 (116th) Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act
- H.R. 1248 (116th) York River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2019
- H.R. 5861 (116th) Agriculture Resilience Act
- H.R. 1092 (116th) Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2019
- H.R. 1221 (116th) Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2019
- H.R. 3212 (116th) Accountability for Sexual and Gender-based Violence as a Tool in Conflict 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.