House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act

H.R. 5139Introduced Nov 18, 2019Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Where it went

IntroducedNov 18, 2019
Committee actionNov 20, 2019
Passed HouseOct 1, 2020 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 19, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5139.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5139, Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act” on June 26, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on November 20, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2020 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56444
CBO publication date
June 26, 2020
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5139, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-463 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 29, 2020.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 2020 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5139, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5139
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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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. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 184, November 18, 2019, Page H8959):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 18, 2019 ↗
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H.R. 5139, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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September 20, 2026
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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

26 cosponsors — 26 Democrats

0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

Oregon in Congress · OR-4 district

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