House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Bahamas TPS Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4303.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 146, September 12, 2019, Page H7706):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4303, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). 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
107 cosponsors — 107 Democrats
0 of 107 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tj Cox (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and 77 more.
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.