House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Homeland Security for Children Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2019
- Committee actionOct 23, 2019
- Passed HouseFeb 10, 2020 · 374–11
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2932.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2932, Homeland Security for Children Act” on December 13, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on October 23, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 13, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55953
- CBO publication date
- December 13, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2932, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2932
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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. 116-370 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on January 8, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 8, 2020 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/370
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2932, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2932
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 86, May 22, 2019, Page H4121):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2019 ↗
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- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2932, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2932
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Peter King (R-NY), Van Taylor (R-TX), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Payne.
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- H.R. 1594 (116th) First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
- H.R. 1279 (116th) Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2019
- H.R. 2650 (116th) Payment Choice Act of 2019
- H.R. 1765 (116th) Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2019
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.