House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 26, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3975.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 126, July 25, 2019, Page H7468):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have power to . . . provide for the . . . general welfare of the United States . . .''; Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have power ``To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;'' and 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, or in any department or officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 611 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3975, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 16, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
841740101f7f5ae85bf27ee1f43244c6cf2216e9ddbcf8537cd0329dd7051590
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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3975, last updated January 16, 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
74 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 44 Democrats
29 of 74 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Michael Burgess (R-TX), André Carson (D-IN), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Comer (R-KY), Tj Cox (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Michael Guest (R-MS), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Josh Harder (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and 44 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush.
- H.R. 35 (116th) Emmett Till Antilynching Act
- H.R. 362 (116th) Energy Emergency Leadership Act
- H.R. 2114 (116th) Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2019
- H.R. 1499 (116th) Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019
- H.R. 1315 (116th) Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019
- H.R. 3432 (116th) Safer Pipelines Act of 2019
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.