House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 9, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 19.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 196, December 9, 2019, Page H9387):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 78 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 19, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/19
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
210ed91b186aa372400a359bbf07237dd11767c2eaec5221bddf439304f32c77
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 April 7, 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
147 cosponsors — 146 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 147 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Tom Cole (R-OK) and 117 more.
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.