House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Investing in Our Communities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2019
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: May 15, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2772.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 81, May 15, 2019, Page H3843):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2772, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2772
- 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
31 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 23 Democrats
8 of 31 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), David Price (D-NC), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Ross Spano (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Fred Upton (R-MI) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. C. Ruppersberger.
- H.R. 5855 (116th) Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act of 2020
- H.R. 2189 (116th) Digital Coast Act
- H.R. 2464 (116th) End the Cycle of Violence Act of 2019
- H.R. 618 (116th) To establish the Office of Critical Technologies and Security, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 8245 (116th) The Dr. Joseph Costa Honoring Essential Americans Risking Their Safety Act of 2020
- H.R. 680 (116th) Securing Energy Infrastructure 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.