House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Quigley D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 9, 2019 · 240–188
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 10, 2019 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 264.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. QUIGLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Pages H284-H285):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 801 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 264, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/264
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e40035ae65dd01797bcaa0574787cee60d7050f814ccc94a685c2efe03395989
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Quigley.
- H.R. 1380 (116th) Big Cat Public Safety Act
- H.R. 4894 (116th) Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2020
- H.R. 3351 (116th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020
- H.R. 736 (116th) Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act
- H.R. 1023 (116th) Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 7668 (116th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021
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.