House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4399.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 151, September 19, 2019, Page H7836):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 295 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4399, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4399
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
57f398f5a20bc48861bfbe4b1cb7825ac77aef67baa41567963d2c2b6c98c718
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 5, 2025). 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
130 cosponsors — 128 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
1 of 130 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mike Bost (R-IL), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Chris Collins (R-NY), Doug Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), K. Conaway (R-TX), Paul Cook (R-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Warren Davidson (R-OH) and 100 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Latta.
- H.R. 360 (116th) Cyber Sense Act of 2020
- H.R. 4806 (116th) DEBAR Act of 2020
- H.R. 671 (116th) Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2019
- H.Res. 269 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of March 2, 2020, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Day".
- H.Res. 39 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of March 2, 2019, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Day".
- H.R. 1006 (116th) Open Internet 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.