House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Adriano Espaillat D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 15, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4022.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 126, July 25, 2019, Page H7469):Article One of the United States Constitution, 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 thereofSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 331 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4022, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4022
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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 June 6, 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
67 cosponsors — 67 Democrats
0 of 67 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Andy Levin (D-MI) and 37 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
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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.