House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 2, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2509.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIPTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 72, May 2, 2019, Page H3442):Article IV, Section 3, ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States;''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 188 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2509, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
945703d57e08300d98086157b6246b136c8c55f52e475578e153a3c10d801fc1
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. 2509, 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
20 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 20 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Paul Cook (R-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), Diana DeGette (D-CO), John Garamendi (D-CA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton.
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- H.R. 1492 (116th) Yucca House National Monument Expansion Act
- H.R. 347 (116th) Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 6294 (116th) Improving Emergency Disease Response via Housing Act of 2020
- H.R. 485 (116th) VREASA
- H.R. 741 (116th) TAILOR 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.