House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act
Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2019
- Committee actionJul 17, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2019 · 230–184
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 15, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3525.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-211 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 18, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/211
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3525, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 109, June 27, 2019, Page H5258):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3525, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da89b48ba1df332958200f14645017361860d110691be14d705cacd92908354f
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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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), James Clyburn (D-SC), Danny Davis (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lauren Underwood.
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.