House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Bipartisan Disaster Recovery Funding Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Lizzie Fletcher D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2761.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FLETCHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 81, May 15, 2019, Page H3843):Article 1, Section 8 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 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 253 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2761, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2761, last updated December 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
19 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 5 Democrats
14 of 19 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Kevin Brady (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), John Carter (R-TX), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Garret Graves (R-LA), Al Green (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), Tom Rice (R-SC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Randy Weber (R-TX), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lizzie Fletcher.
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- H.R. 2548 (116th) Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act
- H.R. 3266 (116th) JROTC Cyber Training Act
- H.R. 6754 (116th) Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program Act of 2020
- H.Res. 616 (116th) Expressing the sense of Congress honoring the life and mourning the loss of Lieutenant Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal of the Harris County…
- H.R. 6580 (116th) To appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account.
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.