House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 24, 2019
- Committee actionDec 5, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4479.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-676 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 18, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/676
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4479, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ae913be82dd1d7eb2703128e21b4cf80066ca3f048a1a092616750a89cd47091
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 154, September 24, 2019, Page H7903):Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 24, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 47 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4479, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ae913be82dd1d7eb2703128e21b4cf80066ca3f048a1a092616750a89cd47091
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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4479, last updated April 7, 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
No cosponsors.
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.