House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 9, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4259.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 143, September 9, 2019, Page H7559):Article I Section 8 Clause ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 28 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4259, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8bb0bc1a6353bd07ffee3e7416e38029c54a108388695010d38ca31ff9023a3
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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4259, last updated July 21, 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
30 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 27 Democrats
3 of 30 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Josh Harder (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Kendra Horn (D-OK), James Langevin (D-RI), Al Lawson (D-FL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
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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.