House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2020 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Kinzinger asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 497, a bill originally introduced by Representative Hunter, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 497.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUNTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 6, January 11, 2019, Page H519):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 497, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
50 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 50 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Val Demings (D-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Sam Graves (R-MO), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), John Katko (R-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Steve King (R-IA), Ann Kuster (D-NH) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Duncan Hunter.
- H.R. 768 (116th) No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act
- H.R. 1565 (116th) Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2019
- H.R. 2251 (116th) Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
- H.R. 610 (116th) Fulfilling Obligations to Families of the Fallen Act
- H.R. 892 (116th) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to limit attorney fees and penalties in citizen suits, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1136 (116th) For the relief of Roberto Luis Dunoyer Mejia, Consuelo Cardona Molina, Camilo Dunoyer Cardona, and Pablo Dunoyer Cardona.
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.