House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2662.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 78, May 10, 2019, Page H3727):The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 268 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2662, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2662
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4ff452f00fd94a3586f9359cc53538b04ee14ddc8f3e4f35bc6cd975a1a83d69
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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2662, last updated January 3, 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
72 cosponsors — 72 Democrats
0 of 72 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI) and 42 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Veronica Escobar.
- H.R. 8354 (116th) Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020
- H.R. 2203 (116th) Homeland Security Improvement Act
- H.Res. 1075 (116th) Commemorating one year since the domestic terror attack motivated by white supremacy occurred in El Paso, Texas, on August 3, 2019.
- H.R. 7908 (116th) To designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial located at 6900 Delta Drive, El Paso, Texas and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2759 (116th) Department of Defense Climate Resiliency and Readiness Act
- H.R. 8599 (116th) Binational Health Strategies 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.