House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2937.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 86, May 22, 2019, Page H4121):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2937, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2937
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2937, last updated December 6, 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
10 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 8 Democrats
2 of 10 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Ben Luján (D-NM), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Dean Phillips (D-MN), David Price (D-NC), John Rutherford (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Xochitl Torres Small.
- H.R. 5273 (116th) Securing America's Ports Act
- H.R. 1912 (116th) DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2019
- H.R. 4891 (116th) Western Water Security Act of 2020
- H.R. 1598 (116th) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2019
- H.R. 5824 (116th) Federal Law Enforcement Training Research and Reporting Act of 2020
- H.R. 6956 (116th) Farming Support to States 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.