House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Parren Mitchell Minority Business Education and Empowerment Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Elijah Cummings D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2020 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Mfume asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2981, a bill originally introduced by Representative Cummings, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2981.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 87, May 23, 2019, Page H4166):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2981, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5b76bc2d7afe767fa4a85e92b4e17fc5e871f18ae522c4356bd146afcd2e29c
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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2981, last updated July 21, 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Robert Scott (D-VA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elijah Cummings.
- H.R. 1966 (116th) Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019
- H.R. 3469 (116th) Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 135 (116th) Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019
- H.R. 1235 (116th) MSPB Temporary Term Extension Act
- H.R. 136 (116th) Federal Intern Protection Act of 2019
- H.R. 1063 (116th) Presidential Library Donation Reform 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.