House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
RAISE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2278.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROONEY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3259):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2278, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 27, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
593801d854b282c5c0bcee1278f7367643320cc394e2e27ca1ae9836e6d7909c
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 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2278, last updated January 27, 2026. 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mo Brooks (R-AL), Doug Collins (R-GA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Scott Perry (R-PA), W. Steube (R-FL), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Francis Rooney.
- H.R. 205 (116th) Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019
- H.J.Res. 20 (116th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
- H.R. 4098 (116th) Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2019
- H.R. 414 (116th) Protecting Local Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act
- H.R. 3297 (116th) Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act
- H.R. 3071 (116th) Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft 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.