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: May 20, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2319.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICE of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 64, April 12, 2019, Page H3266):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian TribesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 130 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2319, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2319
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
64f9eb923a4527c607de7d603d5820065e0095b00425dc53a8ca7d85350892b7
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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2319, last updated January 3, 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
37 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 37 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), K. Conaway (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Bill Flores (R-TX), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Garret Graves (R-LA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), J. Hill (R-AR), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Ross Spano (R-FL), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Steve Stivers (R-OH) and 7 more.
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.