House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Hold Congress Accountable Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2019 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 211.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHRADER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H217):U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 1; and U.S. Const. art. 4, Sec. 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 58 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 211, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/211
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 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 February 4, 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
30 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 26 Democrats
4 of 30 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Susie Lee (D-NV), David Loebsack (D-IA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Ben McAdams (D-UT), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Scott Peters (D-CA), Max Rose (D-NY), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Ross Spano (R-FL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kurt Schrader.
- H.R. 693 (116th) PAST Act
- H.R. 938 (116th) BLOCKING Act of 2019
- H.R. 2564 (116th) Medicare Enrollment Protection Act
- H.R. 8179 (116th) Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act of 2020
- H.R. 3771 (116th) Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2019
- H.R. 5882 (116th) GENE Therapy Payment 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.