House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3536.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 109, June 27, 2019, Page H5259):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Article III, Section 2Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 85 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3536, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3536
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
15 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 15 cosponsors (87%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Van Taylor (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon.
- H.R. 504 (116th) DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act
- H.R. 1156 (116th) LEOSA Reform Act
- H.R. 3116 (116th) State Flexibility for Family First Transitions Act
- H.R. 6652 (116th) Flexibility for Localities and Eligibility Expansion Act of 2020
- H.R. 4982 (116th) Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019
- H.R. 6229 (116th) Air Force Budget Transparency Act of 2020
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.