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: Jun 26, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2731.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 80, May 14, 2019, Page H3791):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2731, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8f4d4242bb75a0a2ae34fb00e3cbccdbd3d11b79aff4adf7f2ca0796072d358a
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. 2731, 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
96 cosponsors — 31 Republicans, 65 Democrats
31 of 96 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Karen Bass (D-CA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), James Cooper (D-TN), John Curtis (R-UT), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Bill Foster (D-IL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) and 66 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adam Smith.
- H.R. 6395 (116th) William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
- H.R. 2500 (116th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- H.R. 921 (116th) To establish the policy of the United States regarding the no-first-use of nuclear weapons.
- H.R. 2370 (116th) House Intern Pay Act of 2019
- H.R. 6038 (116th) Aviation-Impacted Communities Act
- H.R. 2351 (116th) Protecting Airport Communities from Particle Emissions Act
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.