House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2019
- Committee actionJul 17, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 25, 2019 · 230–194
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2203.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2203, the Homeland Security Improvement Act of 2019” on September 24, 2019. CBO’s description reads “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of Rules Committee Print 116-27, as Reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security, with Modifications”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55656
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2203, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2203
- 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. 116-163 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 19, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/163
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2203, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2203
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3256):The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 268 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2203, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2203
- 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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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
28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), James Himes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), David Trone (D-MD), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Filemon Vela (D-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Veronica Escobar.
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- H.Res. 1075 (116th) Commemorating one year since the domestic terror attack motivated by white supremacy occurred in El Paso, Texas, on August 3, 2019.
- H.R. 7908 (116th) To designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial located at 6900 Delta Drive, El Paso, Texas and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2759 (116th) Department of Defense Climate Resiliency and Readiness Act
- H.R. 8599 (116th) Binational Health Strategies Act of 2020
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.