House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Madeleine Dean D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 2019
- Committee actionSep 20, 2019
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 19, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4300.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4300, Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2019” on November 14, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As provided to CBO on October 25, 2019 (G:\M\16\SUSPENSION\H4300_SUS.XML)”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55852
- CBO publication date
- November 14, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4300, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4300
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 146, September 12, 2019, Page H7706):This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4300, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4300
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16767598103c2babcb9f4766eb15976a21ba996c0b6438526744ec7c4b4f6e6d
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 committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4300, last updated December 6, 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
12 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 9 Democrats
3 of 12 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sean Casten (D-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Michael Turner (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Madeleine Dean.
- H.R. 4712 (116th) Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act
- H.R. 5003 (116th) Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act
- H.R. 6934 (116th) Uniform Treatment of NRSROs Act
- H.R. 4545 (116th) Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2019
- H.R. 8366 (116th) Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2020
- H.R. 869 (116th) Undetectable Firearms Modernization 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.