House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 8, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 271.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Page H285):Article 1 Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 271, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/271
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
827bb83b1ffc75bce27ec2081e4b19047360b0073cb597ffb5f9b659793bf24a
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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 271, last updated December 6, 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
14 cosponsors — 14 Republicans
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jody Hice (R-GA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), David McKinley (R-WV), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Bill Posey (R-FL), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Rob Woodall (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mo Brooks.
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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.