House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2019
- Committee actionOct 23, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 4, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 374.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2579.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2579, Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2019” on July 27, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 23, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56489
- CBO publication date
- July 27, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2579, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-467 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on August 4, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 4, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/467
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2579, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 76, May 8, 2019, Page H3502):Article IV, Section 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2019 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2579, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 — 1 Republican, 26 Democrats
0 of 27 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), John Garamendi (D-CA), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
- H.R. 2030 (116th) Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act
- H.R. 1373 (116th) Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act
- H.R. 7098 (116th) Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2020
- H.Con.Res. 21 (116th) Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill S. 47.
- H.R. 4348 (116th) PAW and FIN Conservation Act of 2019
- H.R. 2245 (116th) CECIL Act
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.