House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Freedom Financing Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 4, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 4, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2079.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 59, April 4, 2019, Page H3100):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2079, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2079
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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.
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
18 cosponsors — 18 Republicans
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Bishop (R-NC), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jody Hice (R-GA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Bill Posey (R-FL), David Roe (R-TN), David Rouzer (R-NC), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roger Williams.
- H.R. 241 (116th) Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2019
- H.R. 3665 (116th) School Violence Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2019
- H.Res. 37 (116th) Honoring the life of Richard Arvin Overton.
- H.R. 1173 (116th) President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush Dollar Coin Act
- H.R. 7606 (116th) MFAR Transparency Act
- H.R. 5574 (116th) Preserving Small Business Lending Act of 2020
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.