House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Francis Rooney R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4098.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROONEY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 129, July 30, 2019, Page H7481):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4098, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4098
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b6064f74af903ae819309126e7593f61f0f391bb30d7b449b8963971f01dcd5c
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 20, 2026). 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
48 cosponsors — 48 Republicans
0 of 48 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA), Doug Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), John Curtis (R-UT), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Kay Granger (R-TX), Mark Green (R-TN), Andy Harris (R-MD), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Trent Kelly (R-MS), David Kustoff (R-TN), Billy Long (R-MO), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mark Meadows (R-NC) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Francis Rooney.
- H.R. 205 (116th) Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019
- H.J.Res. 20 (116th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
- H.R. 414 (116th) Protecting Local Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act
- H.R. 3297 (116th) Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act
- H.R. 3071 (116th) Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2019
- H.R. 2278 (116th) RAISE Act
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.