House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2019
- Committee actionMay 1, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 4, 2019 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 176.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2156.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2156, RECLAIM Act of 2019” on June 20, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 1, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55378
- CBO publication date
- June 20, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2156, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2156
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-223 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 4, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/223
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2156, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2156
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
082be14f66e7060acd70f2bf5bb72abeaa582cb8f78a84fe0f918bc92e36dfe5
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 61, April 9, 2019, Page H3218):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2156, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2156
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
082be14f66e7060acd70f2bf5bb72abeaa582cb8f78a84fe0f918bc92e36dfe5
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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
65 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 50 Democrats
14 of 65 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), James Himes (D-CT) and 35 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Matt Cartwright.
- H.R. 762 (116th) Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act
- H.R. 2748 (116th) SAFE Act
- H.R. 4248 (116th) Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019
- H.R. 4347 (116th) PREPARE Act of 2019
- H.R. 3463 (116th) Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019
- H.R. 1243 (116th) Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion 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.