House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-3
Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019
Became law on Jan 24, 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 8, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJan 17, 2019 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJan 23, 2019
- Became lawJan 24, 2019
Latest action: Jan 24, 2019 — Became Public Law No: 116-3.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 259.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 259, Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019” on January 11, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As passed in the House of Representatives on January 8, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 11, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54917
- CBO publication date
- January 11, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 259, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 2, January 4, 2019, Page H229):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, the power to regulate commerce.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 87 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 259, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d6023a1a21969052dee1be9448646592604b8dcbc5176cf9b9c4c7729eb2e61
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 259, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone.
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- H.R. 3375 (116th) Stopping Bad Robocalls Act
- H.R. 2339 (116th) Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020
- H.R. 3 (116th) Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act
- H.R. 6624 (116th) USA Telecommunications Act
- H.R. 4866 (116th) National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2020
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.