House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2019
- Committee actionJun 11, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 6, 2019 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 154.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2763.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2763, Keeping Families Together Act of 2019” on August 21, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 11, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 21, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55567
- CBO publication date
- August 21, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2763, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2763
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-196 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on September 6, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/196
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2763, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2763
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e7d12c812e62f10e404a718c0ebb31286715f587cb95ee67247cc79722adca43
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GARCIA of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 81, May 15, 2019, Page H3843):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2763, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2763
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e7d12c812e62f10e404a718c0ebb31286715f587cb95ee67247cc79722adca43
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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
14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
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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.