House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Real MEAT Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 28, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 14, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4881.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MARSHALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 170, October 28, 2019, Page H8540):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 168 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4881, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4881
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 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
21 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 21 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Mike Bost (R-IL), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Tom Cole (R-OK), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Steve King (R-IA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Martha Roby (R-AL), John Rose (R-TN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Darren Soto (D-FL), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), William Thornberry (R-TX), Filemon Vela (D-TX), Steve Watkins (R-KS), Ron Wright (R-TX).
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.