House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 9, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1919.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 53, March 27, 2019, Page H2886):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 233 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1919, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1919
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 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 December 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1919, last updated December 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
15 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 15 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael Guest (R-MS), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Kendra Horn (D-OK), David Kustoff (R-TN), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trent Kelly.
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- H.Res. 107 (116th) SFC Sean Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program Act
- H.R. 613 (116th) TRICARE Reserve Select Improvement Act
- H.R. 3319 (116th) Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H–2A Modernization Act
- H.R. 4702 (116th) Small Business Size Standard Manufacturing Clarification Act of 2019
- H.R. 5921 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 Highway 15 North in Pontotoc, Mississippi, as the "Lance…
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.