House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 2019
- Committee actionJul 17, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2019 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2647.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2647, Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act” on September 20, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 17, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 20, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55652
- CBO publication date
- September 20, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2647, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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. 116-348 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 16, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/348
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2647, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c5fc55b3568bb7d7181347109654e743c48fd18ca02268e010af0dba60a4f895
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MATSUI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 77, May 9, 2019, Page H3681):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2647, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c5fc55b3568bb7d7181347109654e743c48fd18ca02268e010af0dba60a4f895
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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
9 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL).
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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.