House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
REAL Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Apr 9, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2168.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 61, April 9, 2019, Page H3218):Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendments and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2168, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2168
- 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
53 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 39 Democrats
14 of 53 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jared Golden (D-ME), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), J. Hill (R-AR), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis.
- H.R. 3250 (116th) Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2020
- H.R. 2940 (116th) To extend the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families and related programs through September 30, 2019.
- H.R. 3398 (116th) Pathways to Health Careers Act
- H.R. 3298 (116th) Child Care Quality and Access Act of 2019
- H.R. 7947 (116th) Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act
- H.R. 4980 (116th) Family First Transition 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.