House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Cathy Rodgers R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 2, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2019 — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-132.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2505.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 72, May 2, 2019, Pages H3441-H3442):Article I, Section 7, Clause 1: ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills.'' Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 442 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2505, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2505
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2664f86df2bed1ee1c77454f29aed143a08c4d3312e803713293802ddd91a292
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 September 8, 2026). 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
27 cosponsors — 27 Republicans
0 of 27 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Ken Buck (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), John Curtis (R-UT), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Mark Green (R-TN), J. Hill (R-AR), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Gary Palmer (R-AL), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Mark Walker (R-NC), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cathy Rodgers.
- H.R. 4779 (116th) To extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 8132 (116th) American COMPETE Act
- H.R. 8158 (116th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive budget neutrality for oxygen under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2771 (116th) Protecting HOME Act of 2019
- H.R. 3162 (116th) Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 1096 (116th) Promoting Internet Freedom and Innovation Act of 2019
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.