House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2019
- Committee actionMar 11, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 409.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2438.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-509 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 16, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 16, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/509
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2438, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
436e99d94e9be7661b4874ff86bd94ede365a2ffd113f58df1b70519556a1c18
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HAALAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 71, May 1, 2019, Page H3405):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2438, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
436e99d94e9be7661b4874ff86bd94ede365a2ffd113f58df1b70519556a1c18
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 (as of December 5, 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
60 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 52 Democrats
8 of 60 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Paul Cook (R-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), David Joyce (R-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA) and 30 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debra Haaland.
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- H.R. 2791 (116th) Department of Veterans Affairs Tribal Advisory Committee Act of 2019
- H.R. 3977 (116th) Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act
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- H.R. 1050 (116th) ANTIQUITIES 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.