Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-317 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 29, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 29, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/317

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e7c7af4bd10713c0441ab774e14105756abd9e462fdc6897349cb9a246d910ab

  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 Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 35, February 26, 2019, Page H2234):
  Fifteenth Amendment, Section 2 Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S. or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  215 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e7c7af4bd10713c0441ab774e14105756abd9e462fdc6897349cb9a246d910ab

  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 (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.