House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2019
- Committee actionJun 26, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 24, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 579.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3439.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3439, PATIENTS Act” on September 13, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 26, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55622
- CBO publication date
- September 13, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3439, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3439
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. 116-696 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 24, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 24, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/696
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3439, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3439
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c173f213d85b4a09afa5b5f03c594ecbd29b554323f2e499dbe1c9c988474063
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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. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 106, June 24, 2019, Page H5076):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3439, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3439
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c173f213d85b4a09afa5b5f03c594ecbd29b554323f2e499dbe1c9c988474063
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Beyer.
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.