House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1854.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CASTOR of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 51, March 25, 2019, Page H2796):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Article 1, Section 8, Clause18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 25, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 92 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1854, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1854
- 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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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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
84 cosponsors — 70 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 independent
70 of 84 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ken Buck (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Val Demings (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Sam Graves (R-MO) and 54 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kathy Castor.
- H.R. 9 (116th) Climate Action Now Act
- H.R. 1010 (116th) To provide that the rule entitled "Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance" shall have no force or effect.
- H.R. 1386 (116th) ENROLL Act of 2019
- H.Con.Res. 20 (116th) Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- H.Res. 1099 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of September 22, 2020, as "National Voter Registration Day".
- H.R. 1226 (116th) ACE Kids 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.