House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Short-Term Detention Standards Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2019
- Committee actionJul 17, 2019
- Passed HouseJul 25, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3670.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLOTKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 115, July 10, 2019, Page H5584):Congress has the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution its enumerated powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 255 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3670, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3670
- 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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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 May 28, 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
12 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 7 Democrats
5 of 12 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Van Taylor (R-TX), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM), Fred Upton (R-MI), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elissa Slotkin.
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- H.R. 3669 (116th) Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019
- H.Con.Res. 83 (116th) Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage…
- H.Res. 933 (116th) Recognizing COVID-19 frontline workers.
- H.Res. 705 (116th) Recognizing the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.
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.