House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Committee actionJan 3, 2019
- Passed HouseJan 3, 2019 · 241–190
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 8, 2019 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 21.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LOWEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H211):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 803 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 21, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/21
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c1b211873fbb4573cfcc03b78b89a79ad8f82c933ab0c6d48c60bef3f9761b43
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 21, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey.
- H.R. 6201 (116th) Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- H.J.Res. 107 (116th) Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.J.Res. 110 (116th) Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.J.Res. 28 (116th) Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 2157 (116th) Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019
- H.R. 3401 (116th) Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019
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.