House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 2, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 5, 2019 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesJul 22, 2020
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2020 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate amendment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2486.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 72, May 2, 2019, Page H3441):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2486, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2486
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2486, last updated December 5, 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
28 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 20 Democrats
8 of 28 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Ted Budd (R-NC), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Josh Harder (D-CA), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Henry Johnson (D-GA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Ben Luján (D-NM), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Collin Peterson (D-MN), David Price (D-NC), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Max Rose (D-NY), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM), Mark Walker (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 4981 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2505 Derita Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the "Julius…
- H.R. 5363 (116th) FUTURE Act
- H.R. 5294 (116th) Student Borrower Protections Act of 2019
- H.R. 3642 (116th) Improving Credit Reporting for All Consumers Act
- H.R. 1368 (116th) Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2019
- H.Con.Res. 59 (116th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Black women in comparison to men.
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.