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: 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. 1799.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SENSENBRENNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 46, March 14, 2019, Page H2747):Fifteenth Amendment, Section 2, Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S. or by any State on account of race, color, or perilous condition of servitude.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 216 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1799, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1799
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1799, last updated January 3, 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
20 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 20 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Will Hurd (R-TX), John Katko (R-NY), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Scott Peters (D-CA), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Michael Turner (R-OH), Fred Upton (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
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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.