House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2019
- Committee actionSep 9, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3539.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3539, Behavioral Intervention Guidelines Act of 2019” on December 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 24, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56937
- CBO publication date
- December 24, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3539, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3539
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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. 116-540 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 29, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/540
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3539, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3539
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7c5681009fe1d5fa462a3e5997ff75fa0eeb9a9adf8295ec193da6b41f22eb05
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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. FERGUSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 109, June 27, 2019, Page H5259):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3539, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3539
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7c5681009fe1d5fa462a3e5997ff75fa0eeb9a9adf8295ec193da6b41f22eb05
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3539, last updated May 28, 2025. 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. A. Ferguson.
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.