House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2262.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LAWRENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3258):Article I, Clause 18, Section 8: 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
- 301 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2262, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2262
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2262, last updated July 21, 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Al Lawson (D-FL), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Harley Rouda (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.