House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 1, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4974.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TRAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 174, November 1, 2019, Page H8724):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 1, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4974, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4974
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
465f933a07f48c2193258d822315aa00c438fd755dcb74c4a446b0de29ba8bd7
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4974, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
23 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 20 Democrats
3 of 23 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Earl Carter (R-GA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tj Cox (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Max Rose (D-NY), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), David Trone (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lori Trahan.
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- H.R. 7023 (116th) To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program that provides financial assistance to sports facilities, museums, and…
- H.R. 3660 (116th) Accountability for Migrant Deaths Act of 2019
- H.R. 2776 (116th) Stop Sewage Overflow Act
- H.R. 8468 (116th) STRONG 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.