House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
ARPA–E Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3915.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 124, July 23, 2019, Page H7243):U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . 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, of in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 324 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3915, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3915
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Brian Mast (R-FL), David McKinley (R-WV), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rob Woodall (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Lucas.
- H.R. 4979 (116th) Rural STEM Education Act
- H.R. 5374 (116th) Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 2019
- H.R. 6540 (116th) Agricultural Security Risk Review Act
- H.R. 5685 (116th) Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act of 2020
- H.R. 6599 (116th) COVID Research Act of 2020
- H.R. 8303 (116th) QUEST Act of 2020
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.