House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 14, 2019
- Committee actionNov 20, 2019
- Passed HouseJan 10, 2020 · 247–159
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 535.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 535, PFAS Action Act of 2019” on January 7, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on January 7, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 7, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55996
- CBO publication date
- January 7, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 535, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/535
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-364 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on January 2, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 2, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/364
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 535, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/535
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8758e4c087f236bb57f617c839c409e4927f226cf3f8c660f6e035fd6c38d03a
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 7, January 14, 2019, Page H544):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 535, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/535
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8758e4c087f236bb57f617c839c409e4927f226cf3f8c660f6e035fd6c38d03a
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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
66 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 62 Democrats
4 of 66 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jesús García (D-IL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Andy Levin (D-MI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM) and 36 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.