House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 385.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KING of Iowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 4, January 9, 2019, Page H360):Article I Section 8 Clause 4 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 385, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
400d13945a2acce3602209f921117c707a0d05634dd528e7c348d7b71dfd59c2
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 385, last updated December 5, 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Republicans
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Jody Hice (R-GA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Tom Marino (R-PA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Ron Wright (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve King.
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.