House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 28, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4068.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SERRANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 126, July 25, 2019, Page H7471):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 87 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4068, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4068
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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 — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), Darren Soto (D-FL), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jose Serrano.
- H.R. 3055 (116th) Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019
- H.R. 2420 (116th) National Museum of the American Latino Act
- H.R. 7667 (116th) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.R. 4901 (116th) Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act
- H.R. 1934 (116th) Stop HATE Act of 2019
- H.R. 1470 (116th) Anti-Hunger Empowerment 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.