House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 28, 2019
- Committee actionNov 12, 2019
- Passed HouseFeb 11, 2020 · 374–37
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1980.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1980, Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act” on October 8, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on March 28, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55701
- CBO publication date
- October 8, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1980, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1980, Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act” on December 9, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Committee on House Administration on November 13, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55931
- CBO publication date
- December 9, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1980, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
deabd712660f3160e832fca0e5bf5946dfccaed7885abd11967aac7e6028e1b3
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-286 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on November 13, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/286
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1980, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 54, March 28, 2019, Page H2918):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1980, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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.
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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
293 cosponsors — 59 Republicans, 233 Democrats, 1 independent
59 of 293 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI) and 263 more.
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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.