House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1785.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 46, March 14, 2019, Page H2747):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1785, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
57529d4d8173da08b551a064c99bae66b0359b96d6c56ad8361ff7862247f2dd
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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1785, last updated July 21, 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
23 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 6 Democrats
17 of 23 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Paul Cook (R-CA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jared Golden.
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.