House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019

H.R. 3469Introduced Jun 25, 2019Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Where it went

IntroducedJun 25, 2019
Committee actionOct 23, 2019
Passed HouseDec 9, 2019 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 10, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3469.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3469, Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019” on November 18, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on October 23, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2019 ↗
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CBO publication date
November 18, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3469, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-298 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on November 19, 2019.
Source: Congress.gov, reported November 19, 2019 ↗
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H.R. 3469, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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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. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 107, June 25, 2019, Page H5167):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To . . . provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2019 ↗
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H.R. 3469, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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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

24 cosponsors — 24 Democrats

0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Wm. Clay (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Katie Hill (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Harley Rouda (D-CA), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT).

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

Maryland in Congress · MD-7 district

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