House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-91
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 9, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 10, 2019 · 319–96
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2019 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 17, 2019
- Became lawDec 19, 2019
Latest action: Dec 19, 2019 — Became Public Law No: 116-91.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5363.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 196, December 9, 2019, Page H9387):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5363, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5363
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
95078cf4fef2b54c7b25caeb8b9c73382bf1d52c1493ff06212498a5487a20f6
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 December 5, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 4981 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2505 Derita Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the "Julius…
- H.R. 2486 (116th) FUTURE Act
- H.R. 5294 (116th) Student Borrower Protections Act of 2019
- H.R. 3642 (116th) Improving Credit Reporting for All Consumers Act
- H.R. 1368 (116th) Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2019
- H.Con.Res. 59 (116th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Black women in comparison to men.
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.