House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2381.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 69, April 29, 2019, Page H3304):Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the United States Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 247 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2381, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2381
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2381, last updated December 6, 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
35 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 11 Democrats
12 of 35 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael Guest (R-MS), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Clay Higgins (R-LA), John Joyce (R-PA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Brian Mast (R-FL), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Greg Pence (R-IN), Collin Peterson (D-MN), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), David Scott (D-GA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Jason Smith (R-MO), Bryan Steil (R-WI) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doug LaMalfa.
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- H.R. 8013 (116th) End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2020
- H.R. 5744 (116th) Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones 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.