House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
RARE Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 6, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4228.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 142, September 6, 2019, Page H7535):Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 6, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4228, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
76 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 67 Democrats
9 of 76 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX) and 46 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. André Carson.
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- H.Res. 840 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of the last day of February each year as "Rare Disease Day".
- H.R. 804 (116th) Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act
- H.Res. 539 (116th) Supporting the goals and ideals of The American Legion.
- H.Res. 1204 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of November, 2020 as "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month".
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.