House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 296.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Page H286):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; whereby the Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Furthermore, this bill makes specific changes to existing law, in accordance with the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5, which states that ``No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 845 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 296, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/296
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 296, 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
94 cosponsors — 93 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 94 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Justin Amash (L-MI), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Doug Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), K. Conaway (R-TX), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX) and 64 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.
- H.R. 150 (116th) GREAT Act
- H.R. 1819 (116th) War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
- H.R. 5831 (116th) Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act
- H.R. 4521 (116th) Fair Sugar Policy Act of 2019
- H.R. 661 (116th) Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Act of 2019
- H.R. 300 (116th) Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency 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.