House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 11, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4521.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 156, September 26, 2019, Page H8055):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 162 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4521, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4521, last updated January 3, 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
28 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 28 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Ted Budd (R-NC), Steve Chabot (R-OH), James Cooper (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Robert Latta (R-OH), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Scott Perry (R-PA), David Roe (R-TN), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Bobby Rush (D-IL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.
- H.R. 150 (116th) GREAT Act
- H.R. 1819 (116th) War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
- H.R. 296 (116th) Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
- H.R. 5831 (116th) Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act
- H.R. 661 (116th) Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Act of 2019
- H.R. 300 (116th) Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency 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.