House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. John Ratcliffe R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 3, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1927.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RATCLIFFE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 53, March 27, 2019, Page H2886):Article III, Section 1, Sentence 1, and Section 2, Clauses 1 and 4 of the Constitution, in that the legislation defines or affects judicial powers and cases that are subject to legislation by Congress; Article 1, Section 1, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; and, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 862 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1927, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1927
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c4b128d2781041fc6f7ea216df31d8a39a50e4c125aaad53f7d5369e96077e59
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
20 cosponsors — 20 Republicans
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Doug Collins (R-GA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Mark Green (R-TN), H. Griffith (R-VA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Gary Palmer (R-AL), David Roe (R-TN), David Rouzer (R-NC), Mark Walker (R-NC), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
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.