House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019

H.R. 4863Introduced Oct 28, 2019Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Where it went

IntroducedOct 28, 2019
Committee actionOct 31, 2019
Passed HouseNov 15, 2019 · 235–184
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 18, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4863.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4863, United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019” on November 5, 2019. CBO’s description reads “Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 4863”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 5, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55817
CBO publication date
November 5, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4863, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-271 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on November 8, 2019.
Source: Congress.gov, reported November 8, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4863, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 170, October 28, 2019, Page H8539):
Clause 2, Section 8, Article I, relating to regulating commerce with foreign Nations and among the several states. Clause 18, Section 8, Article I, relating to making all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vessted by the Constitution in the Government of the United States
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4863, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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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

22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats

0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Denny Heck (D-WA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Ben McAdams (D-UT), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), David Scott (D-GA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-43 district

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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.