House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Ending Mass Collection of Americans’ Phone Records Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 28, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 3, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1942.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMASH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 54, March 28, 2019, Page H2917):Congress has the implied power to repeal laws that exceed its constitutional authority as well as laws within its constitutional authority.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1942, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1942
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- 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 January 10, 2026). 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
9 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
9 of 9 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Warren Davidson (R-OH), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Jesús García (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Mark Pocan (D-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Justin Amash.
- H.R. 7085 (116th) Ending Qualified Immunity Act
- H.R. 3402 (116th) Readable Legislation Act of 2019
- H.R. 3403 (116th) Searchable Legislation Act of 2019
- H.R. 1910 (116th) Export-Import Bank Termination Act
- H.J.Res. 108 (116th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.J.Res. 109 (116th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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.