House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Jake Laird Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2786.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 82, May 16, 2019, Page H3925):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2786, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2786
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
312f99a29754a48c7b34ed596ed2395c3801723836a5641f218c623701210b68
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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Fred Upton (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Susan Brooks.
- H.R. 6517 (116th) Stockpile Inventory Modernization Act of 2020
- H.Res. 726 (116th) Expressing support for the goals of Stomach Cancer Awareness Month.
- H.R. 6516 (116th) Stockpiling for America’s Future Endeavors Act of 2020
- H.R. 1390 (116th) Mobile Health Record Act of 2019
- H.R. 7334 (116th) Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act
- H.R. 7441 (116th) Hire Veteran Health Heroes Act of 2020
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.