House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2019
- Committee actionSep 25, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4372.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4372, MSI STEM Achievement Act” on November 1, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on September 25, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55810
- CBO publication date
- November 1, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4372, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4372
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-269 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on November 5, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/269
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4372, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4372
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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. JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 150, September 18, 2019, Page H7774):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4372, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4372
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4372, last updated May 28, 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 — 5 Republicans, 7 Democrats
5 of 12 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Michael Waltz (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eddie Johnson.
- H.R. 3196 (116th) Vera C. Rubin Observatory Designation Act
- H.R. 1396 (116th) Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 36 (116th) Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2019
- H.R. 2528 (116th) STEM Opportunities Act of 2019
- H.R. 4373 (116th) Engineering Biology Research and Development Act of 2019
- H.R. 34 (116th) Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2019
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.