House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2019
- Committee actionApr 3, 2019
- Passed HouseOct 28, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 29, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1781.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1781, Payment Commission Data Act of 2019” on April 30, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 3, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 30, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55186
- CBO publication date
- April 30, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1781, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- 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. 116-257 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 28, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/257
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1781, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0104f40f91c8ea84a1af6506feab4d8fc4fb44c604581977e49e921113a95728
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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. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 46, March 14, 2019, Pages H2746-H2747):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1781, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0104f40f91c8ea84a1af6506feab4d8fc4fb44c604581977e49e921113a95728
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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
29 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 22 Democrats
23 of 29 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Tom Rice (R-SC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Greg Walden (R-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT).
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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.