House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2294.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 64, April 12, 2019, Page H3265):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States), Clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes), and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 405 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2294, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 9, 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 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2294, last updated December 9, 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
23 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Andy Barr (R-KY), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Robert Latta (R-OH), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), John Moolenaar (R-MI), David Roe (R-TN), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
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.