House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-2
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act
Became law on Jan 18, 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. Bennie Thompson D-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 8, 2019 · 414–3
- Passed SenateJan 16, 2019 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJan 17, 2019
- To the PresidentJan 18, 2019
- Became lawJan 18, 2019
Latest action: Jan 18, 2019 — Became Public Law No: 116-2.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 251.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 2, January 4, 2019, Page H229):Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 108 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 251, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4132258659d1af6e43dc832adfbae9f7ef9daf72a468d50d6f3841c1cb876795
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 May 28, 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Frank Pallone (D-NJ), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Mike Rogers (R-AL), John Shimkus (R-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Greg Walden (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson.
- H.R. 2476 (116th) Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019
- H.R. 1140 (116th) Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020
- H.R. 3106 (116th) Domestic and International Terrorism DATA Act
- H.R. 1494 (116th) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Homeland Security Partnerships Act
- H.R. 1433 (116th) DHS MORALE Act
- H.R. 6160 (116th) To extend the chemical facility anti-terrorism standards program of the Department of Homeland Security.
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.