House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2019
- Committee actionOct 30, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 3, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2020 — 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. 1819.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1819, War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act” on December 5, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55918
- CBO publication date
- December 5, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1819, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1819
- 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 Ms. FOXX of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 48, March 18, 2019, Page H2755):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 grants Congress the power to ``To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 175 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1819, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1819
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960598e3e6fa081240785589cbc5db0db041669caee96bf8c207dd45c9699eb3
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. 1819, 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
15 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 15 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), David Cicilline (D-RI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), James McGovern (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Van Taylor (R-TX), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.
- H.R. 150 (116th) GREAT Act
- H.R. 296 (116th) Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
- H.R. 5831 (116th) Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act
- H.R. 4521 (116th) Fair Sugar Policy Act of 2019
- H.R. 661 (116th) Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Act of 2019
- H.R. 300 (116th) Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency 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.