House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 30, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5376.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 197, December 10, 2019, Page H10016):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution to ``make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 202 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5376, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5376
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 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
22 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 22 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Andy Barr (R-KY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Harder (D-CA), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Ben McAdams (D-UT), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), W. Steube (R-FL), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
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.