House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2128.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COOK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 60, April 8, 2019, Page H3129):Article I, Section 8, clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2128, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2128
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
28a5e93a9df421f721cdc2ef0d31d6b9fa36ae55058ae7ad7156425f26e3246d
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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2128, last updated January 3, 2025. 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
12 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 12 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Cook.
- H.R. 255 (116th) Big Bear Land Exchange Act
- H.R. 2911 (116th) Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act
- H.R. 376 (116th) California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2019
- H.R. 7090 (116th) Coronavirus County Relief and Stability Act
- H.R. 8069 (116th) Protect Conservation Funds Act of 2020
- H.R. 5088 (116th) Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 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.