House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Back to Work Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 21, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2019 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10028)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5250.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 187, November 21, 2019, Page H9170):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, which states that ``the Congress shall have power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 257 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5250, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Wright.
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.