House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
College Student Hunger Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3809.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 120, July 17, 2019, Page H6000):Article 1, Section 8: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereofSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 253 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3809, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3809
- 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Tim Ryan (D-OH), David Scott (D-GA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Lawson.
- H.R. 3614 (116th) Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act
- H.R. 5013 (116th) Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act
- H.R. 5287 (116th) Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practices Act
- H.R. 1406 (116th) APEX Act
- H.R. 186 (116th) Veterans Jobs Opportunity Act
- H.Res. 1080 (116th) Urging the Secretary of the Interior to approve the designation of Hemming Park in Jacksonville, Florida, as part of the National Park…
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.