House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 2, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2453.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 71, May 1, 2019, Page H3405):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--Congress has the authority regulate interstate commerceSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 87 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2453, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2453
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2453, last updated April 7, 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
24 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 24 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Tom Rice (R-SC), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Ross Spano (R-FL), Mark Walker (R-NC), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
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.