House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3497.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,657 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3497, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 8, 2026
- 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 April 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3497, last updated April 8, 2026. 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
74 cosponsors — 36 Republicans, 37 Democrats, 1 independent
37 of 74 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Mike Bost (R-IL), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Paul Cook (R-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT) and 44 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.