House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2721.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LEE of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 80, May 14, 2019, Page H3791):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 197 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2721, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2721, last updated December 5, 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
19 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 14 Democrats
5 of 19 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Susie Lee.
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- H.R. 2315 (116th) Keep Our PACT Act
- H.R. 2645 (116th) Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 3512 (116th) PROTECT Students Act of 2019
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.