House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Saudi Arabia Human Rights and Accountability Act of 2019

H.R. 2037Introduced Apr 2, 2019Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedApr 2, 2019
Committee actionJun 26, 2019
Passed HouseJul 15, 2019 · 405–7
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 16, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2037.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2037, Saudi Arabia Human Rights and Accountability Act of 2019” on July 11, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 26, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55443
CBO publication date
July 11, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2037, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MALINOWSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 57, April 2, 2019, Page H2987):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 2, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2037, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 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

19 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 16 Democrats

3 of 19 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.

David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Curtis (R-UT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Levin (D-MI), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), David Trone (D-MD), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Susan Wild (D-PA).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Malinowski.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-7 district

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