House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Our Obligation to Recognize American Heroes (OORAH) 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 the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2790.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 82, May 16, 2019, Page H3925):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution which grants Congress the authority 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 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 334 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2790, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2790
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 5, 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
44 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 44 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Bill Flores (R-TX), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), Mark Green (R-TN), Kevin Hern (R-OK), George Holding (R-NC), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Will Hurd (R-TX), John Joyce (R-PA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Robert Latta (R-OH), Susie Lee (D-NV), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Scott Perry (R-PA) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.