House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Border Patrol Pay Security Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 18, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2335.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUELLAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 66, April 18, 2019, Page H3275):Article I, Section 8, clause 18 allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any ``other'' powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 220 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2335, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2335
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5108f8127d1876455c26f8586daffca6935a5d9aeb63f332d38d1a38580c3ed8
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.
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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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
4 of 4 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Michael Cloud (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chip Roy (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar.
- H.R. 133 (116th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.R. 951 (116th) United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 132 (116th) North American Development Bank Improvement Act of 2019
- H.Res. 287 (116th) Condemning the President's threat to shut down the United States-Mexico border to the detriment of the United States economy.
- H.R. 6864 (116th) Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act
- H.R. 8833 (116th) To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend by one year certain port of entry donation authority, and for other purposes.
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.