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 10, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2284.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3259):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2284, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2284
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
137988370db606cdc94ebb86680d838d3d1f0043ead49c67b51f9a7fef6a7b39
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2284, last updated December 5, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Steve King (R-IA), David Loebsack (D-IA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 1472 (116th) To rename the Homestead National Monument of America near Beatrice, Nebraska, as the Homestead National Historical Park.
- H.R. 2788 (116th) Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act of 2019
- H.R. 6569 (116th) Rural Health Relief Act
- H.R. 6792 (116th) Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020
- H.R. 1041 (116th) Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2019
- H.R. 1473 (116th) Focusing State Efforts to Expand Opportunity 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.