House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Francis Rooney R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Committee actionJun 19, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 11, 2019 · 248–180
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 12, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 205.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019” on July 15, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 19, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55449
- CBO publication date
- July 15, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 205, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Rules Committee Print 116-29 for H.R. 205, the Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019, with the Manager's Amendment” on September 10, 2019. CBO’s description reads “Preliminary CBO Cost Estimate of Direct Spending Effects of Rules Committee Print 116-29 for H.R. 205 with the Manager's Amendment, as posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on September 6, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55609
- CBO publication date
- September 10, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 205, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-156 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 16, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/156
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 205, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. ROONEY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H217):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 205, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
18 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 18 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Josh Harder (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Francis Rooney.
- H.J.Res. 20 (116th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
- H.R. 4098 (116th) Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2019
- H.R. 414 (116th) Protecting Local Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act
- H.R. 3297 (116th) Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act
- H.R. 3071 (116th) Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2019
- H.R. 2278 (116th) RAISE Act
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.