House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2019
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4276.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 144, September 10, 2019, Page H7597):Section 8 of Article I of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4276, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6d3083761c66fb4980121cecc5f29047f3680eba766ad63c4f1f5976bc023ea2
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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4276, last updated December 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Higgins.
- H.R. 1730 (116th) Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2019
- H.R. 3654 (116th) Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2019
- H.R. 1346 (116th) Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019
- H.R. 3316 (116th) Neighborhood Homes Investment Act
- H.R. 3905 (116th) Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2019
- H.R. 8710 (116th) Veterans Community Care Fairness 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.