House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2788.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,657 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2788, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2788
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e05881d950579d8b668825bbee52594f1ca3044f2f0e19c8b94583bb87de1104
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. 2788, 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
33 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 33 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Ed Case (D-HI), Chris Collins (R-NY), James Comer (R-KY), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Sam Graves (R-MO), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Josh Harder (D-CA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Jody Hice (R-GA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Ron Kind (D-WI), David Kustoff (R-TN), David Loebsack (D-IA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), David Roe (R-TN), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 1472 (116th) To rename the Homestead National Monument of America near Beatrice, Nebraska, as the Homestead National Historical Park.
- H.R. 6569 (116th) Rural Health Relief Act
- H.R. 6792 (116th) Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020
- H.R. 1041 (116th) Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2019
- H.R. 2284 (116th) Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019
- H.R. 1473 (116th) Focusing State Efforts to Expand Opportunity 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.