House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 2, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 15, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4160.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 132, August 2, 2019, Page H7489):Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Consitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 2, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4160, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4160
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e82eac63690ba18e3ed3f119a8e6ff18452341d944ad8528715c0524f94d396a
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 December 5, 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
22 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 10 Democrats
12 of 22 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Al Lawson (D-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darren Soto.
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- H.R. 496 (116th) Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2019
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- H.R. 1965 (116th) Puerto Rico Admission 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.