House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Diversify Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2019 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5350.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARCIA of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 195, December 6, 2019, Page H9347):Article I, Section VIII, Clause IIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5350, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5350
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
37d28b4b5c35518f061f7e895964a52a736a27f930a666437c2ef507382f6807
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 September 8, 2026). 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
50 cosponsors — 50 Democrats
0 of 50 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jesús García.
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.