House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2019
- Committee actionMar 28, 2019
- Passed HouseMay 14, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 389.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 389, Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act” on April 15, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 28, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55113
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 389, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/389
- 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. 116-60 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 14, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/60
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 389, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/389
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49054d0a2143ec9bae405d53607db99f7cd92c9f629683ef082ddc5a9973d0e0
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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. LYNCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 4, January 9, 2019, Page H360):Article 1 section 8 Clause i8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 389, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/389
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49054d0a2143ec9bae405d53607db99f7cd92c9f629683ef082ddc5a9973d0e0
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Ted Budd (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Kathleen Rice (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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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.