House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 21, 2019 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3403.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMASH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 105, June 21, 2019, Page H5037):Article I, Section 1, of the Constitution states: ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States . . .'' It is both ``necessary and proper [for Congress to make laws] for carrying into Execution'' this Power (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18), including setting standards for documents produced by Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 350 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3403, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3403
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
956267d01ff5c15dc0593ccaabc590a3070b1ab408b6549c22573ae4cd2ded7f
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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3403, last updated January 3, 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
16 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 6 Democrats
16 of 16 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Justin Amash.
- H.R. 7085 (116th) Ending Qualified Immunity Act
- H.R. 3402 (116th) Readable Legislation Act of 2019
- H.R. 1942 (116th) Ending Mass Collection of Americans’ Phone Records Act
- H.R. 1910 (116th) Export-Import Bank Termination Act
- H.J.Res. 108 (116th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.J.Res. 109 (116th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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.