House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
POWER Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2070.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAMB, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 58, April 3, 2019, Page H3069):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2070, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c96904dda471d53f96284a11d0bebd475a060478a38914e2836d21c8e7e23b44
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 December 5, 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
22 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 14 Democrats
8 of 22 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Cooper (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), David Joyce (R-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), David McKinley (R-WV), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Conor Lamb.
- H.R. 3207 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 Mill Street in Hookstown, Pennsylvania, as the "Staff…
- H.R. 2359 (116th) Whole Veteran Act
- H.R. 2385 (116th) To permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials…
- H.R. 3598 (116th) FREED Vets Act
- H.R. 5428 (116th) Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 2020
- H.R. 2179 (116th) Federal Firearms Licensee Protection 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.