House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 18, 2019
- Committee actionOct 23, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 21, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4742.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4742, Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019” on October 31, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 23, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55802
- CBO publication date
- October 31, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4742, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f96f3b788eaa34a630b2c85959c150fdbed56a075dd20b21884a52e7cc060f01
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4742, Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019” on November 18, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 23, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55860
- CBO publication date
- November 18, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4742, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f96f3b788eaa34a630b2c85959c150fdbed56a075dd20b21884a52e7cc060f01
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-400 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on February 21, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/400
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4742, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f96f3b788eaa34a630b2c85959c150fdbed56a075dd20b21884a52e7cc060f01
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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. SUOZZI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 165, October 18, 2019, Page H8259):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4742, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f96f3b788eaa34a630b2c85959c150fdbed56a075dd20b21884a52e7cc060f01
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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.