House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4918.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEIL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 172, October 30, 2019, Page H8678):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 30, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 299 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4918, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4918
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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 — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lance Gooden (R-TX), J. Hill (R-AR), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil.
- H.R. 3050 (116th) Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act
- H.R. 2149 (116th) Exposing the Financing of Human Trafficking Act
- H.R. 6407 (116th) To rescind the appropriation made to the Kennedy Center in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
- H.R. 5116 (116th) Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2019
- H.R. 6015 (116th) Stop Evasion of Iran Sanctions Act of 2020
- H.R. 7602 (116th) Fiscal Transparency 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.