House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 16, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 16, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4189.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,657 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4189, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
50185d31e2d8e5f1f2d6b30d57dce534f4a3443104c419fe14685bea89385757
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. 4189, 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
67 cosponsors — 36 Republicans, 31 Democrats
32 of 67 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Ted Budd (R-NC), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Comer (R-KY), Paul Cook (R-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Val Demings (D-FL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) and 37 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman.
- H.R. 561 (116th) Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2019
- H.R. 4162 (116th) GI Bill Planning Act of 2019
- H.R. 3495 (116th) Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
- H.R. 8907 (116th) International Spending Transparency Act
- H.R. 3999 (116th) Rural Broadband Connectivity Act of 2019
- H.R. 7896 (116th) RECOUPS Act of 2020
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.