House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Hire A Hero Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 413.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 4, January 9, 2019, Page H360):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 413, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/413
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5a69d9354539ead77ae49a488835c44ace0413fbd80cb74168a46e78d63d9a54
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 413, last updated January 3, 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
20 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 19 Democrats
1 of 20 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), John Lewis (D-GA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stacey Plaskett.
- H.R. 5756 (116th) Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2020
- H.R. 8345 (116th) Air Carrier Worker Support Extension Act of 2020
- H.R. 1354 (116th) Territories Health Equity Act of 2019
- H.R. 5486 (116th) Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act
- H.Res. 1177 (116th) Honoring the life and achievement of John Robert Thompson Jr., the legendary Georgetown University men's basketball coach.
- H.R. 1353 (116th) LWCF Parity for Territories and DC 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.