House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Enhancing Credit Opportunities in Rural America Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Watkins R-KSWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1872.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WATKINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 52, March 26, 2019, Page H2827):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1872, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f192378724632758b492527b077ad04a9907d09627c552d81c54da837f7c306a
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 5, 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
18 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 18 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Mo Brooks (R-AL), James Comer (R-KY), Ron Estes (R-KS), Ron Kind (D-WI), Steve King (R-IA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Carol Miller (R-WV), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Jason Smith (R-MO), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Watkins.
- H.R. 4800 (116th) Pro-LIFE Act
- H.R. 1061 (116th) Fort Scott National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act
- H.Res. 382 (116th) Honoring the 65th anniversary of the landmark decision of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (347 U.S. 483 (1954)).
- H.R. 3150 (116th) RURAL Physicians Act
- H.R. 2159 (116th) Public Diplomacy Modernization Act of 2019
- H.R. 3491 (116th) Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act
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.