House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2019
- Committee actionMay 22, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2019 — Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2046.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2046, Energy Diplomacy Act of 2019” on May 31, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 22, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55321
- CBO publication date
- May 31, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2046, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 Mr. WRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 58, April 3, 2019, Page H3068):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2046, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b171b7ffd74334144865885047125fdc07ed7d75b0fa50fe5e570da4387919e
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 committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2046, last updated January 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Greg Pence (R-IN), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Steve Watkins (R-KS), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Wright.
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.