House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2019
- Committee actionJan 15, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 341.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 496.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 496, Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2019” on March 11, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 15, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56267
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 496, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/496
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-427 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 4, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 4, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/427
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 496, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4e242450780bd8c43bfc039e668217f16618d74b7217b3adf6435bd2e51b4f1
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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. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 6, January 11, 2019, Page H519):Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 496, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4e242450780bd8c43bfc039e668217f16618d74b7217b3adf6435bd2e51b4f1
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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) 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.