House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 28, 2019
- Committee actionMar 11, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 558.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4891.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-674 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 18, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/674
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4891, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4891
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84d175355a4b24e1c6367de791e96efa1fa229a3219b3437b2599f398bc16bf2
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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. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 170, October 28, 2019, Page H8540):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4891, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4891
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84d175355a4b24e1c6367de791e96efa1fa229a3219b3437b2599f398bc16bf2
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 (as of December 9, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Diana DeGette (D-CO), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Will Hurd (R-TX), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ben Luján (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Xochitl Torres Small.
- H.R. 5273 (116th) Securing America's Ports Act
- H.R. 1912 (116th) DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2019
- H.R. 1598 (116th) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2019
- H.R. 5824 (116th) Federal Law Enforcement Training Research and Reporting Act of 2020
- H.R. 6956 (116th) Farming Support to States Act of 2020
- H.R. 6070 (116th) Border Health Security Act of 2020
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.