House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Gregory Meeks D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 14, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseNov 19, 2019 · 281–135
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5084.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 182, November 14, 2019, Page H8879):Article 1, Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 26 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5084, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5084
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8068b51a35e5731c228abf0aa085cdaca5e411f9278f11cd4d47a1bae4e3c467
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 May 28, 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 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), David Scott (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks.
- H.R. 8259 (116th) To prohibit Russian participation in the G7, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5322 (116th) Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act
- H.R. 1018 (116th) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019
- H.R. 3948 (116th) Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act
- H.R. 5873 (116th) Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 718 (116th) To designate the Federal building located at 158-15 Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York, as the "Floyd H. Flake Federal Building".
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.