House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Richard Neal D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2019
- Committee actionJun 11, 2019
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2019 · 264–169
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2019 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 397.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019” on July 9, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As posted by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 8, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55421
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 397, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/397
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019” on July 23, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As published in Rules Committee Print 116-24 on July 19, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55485
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 397, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/397
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c5378953b658d53ba7e7a6f7a24d0869ab002b0a8a88ce4a8a4faa647d1b0528
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Potential Effects of H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019” on September 6, 2019. CBO’s description reads “Letter to the Honorable Mike Enzi”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 6, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55599
- CBO publication date
- September 6, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 397, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/397
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c5378953b658d53ba7e7a6f7a24d0869ab002b0a8a88ce4a8a4faa647d1b0528
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 116-159,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 116-159,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/159
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/159 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 397, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/397
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 4, January 9, 2019, Page H360):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 144 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 397, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/397
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c5378953b658d53ba7e7a6f7a24d0869ab002b0a8a88ce4a8a4faa647d1b0528
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
209 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 199 Democrats
9 of 209 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT) and 179 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2877 (116th) To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.
- H.R. 9051 (116th) CASH Act of 2020
- H.Res. 904 (116th) Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act
- H.R. 5826 (116th) Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills 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.