House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
WRCR Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 26, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Nov 26, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5271.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MOORE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 189, November 26, 2019, Page H9180):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 26, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 151 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5271, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5271
- 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
36 cosponsors — 36 Democrats
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gwen Moore.
- H.R. 2271 (116th) Scarlett’s Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act
- H.R. 3138 (116th) ‘Six Triple Eight’ Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
- H.R. 7916 (116th) Removing Barriers to Basic Needs Act of 2020
- H.R. 2457 (116th) National De-Escalation of Violence and Community Safety Training Act of 2019
- H.R. 2927 (116th) Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act of 2019
- H.R. 7551 (116th) Earned Income and Child Tax Credits Outreach 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.