House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 3, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 9, 2019 · 410–12
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2515.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2515, Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2019” on June 17, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 8, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55372
- CBO publication date
- June 17, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2515, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2515
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 73, May 3, 2019, Page H3448):General Welfare Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 1) Commerce Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 3) Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2515, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2515
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16008038d5eaae5b2786e9436ce287fccbe92081ba72ec783e37a92aeefcdafb
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 committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2515, last updated May 28, 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
8 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Van Taylor (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Green.
- H.Res. 17 (116th) Expressing concern over the detention of Austin Tice and Majd Kamalmaz, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3702 (116th) Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019
- H.R. 4713 (116th) Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act
- H.R. 149 (116th) Housing Fairness Act of 2020
- H.R. 123 (116th) Alternative Data for Additional Credit FHA Pilot Program Reauthorization Act
- H.Res. 464 (116th) Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQ Pride Month.
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.