House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2019 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2711.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeGETTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 80, May 14, 2019, Page H3790):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2711, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2711
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 April 7, 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
65 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 64 Democrats
0 of 65 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Mike Levin (D-CA) and 35 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette.
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.