House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Local Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 414.
- 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. 4, January 9, 2019, Page H360):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 414, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/414
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1cf95e611fea656266619d32f52f1acb0fcf2e5ba080a3fdc23bf2c937370720
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
18 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 18 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Chris Collins (R-NY), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Robert Latta (R-OH), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Darren Soto (D-FL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), W. Steube (R-FL).
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. 4098 (116th) Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2019
- 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.