House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Government Bailout Prevention Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 27, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2019 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4572.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROONEY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 157, September 27, 2019, Page H8082):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4572, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4572
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Francis Rooney.
- H.R. 205 (116th) Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019
- H.J.Res. 20 (116th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
- H.R. 4098 (116th) Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2019
- H.R. 414 (116th) Protecting Local Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act
- H.R. 3297 (116th) Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act
- H.R. 3071 (116th) Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft 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.