House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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 House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4578.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 157, September 27, 2019, Page H8082):Article 1, 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. 4578, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4578
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4578, last updated July 21, 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Jesús García (D-IL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frederica Wilson.
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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.