House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 16, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5434.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 203, December 16, 2019, Page H10306):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes.'' Because the federal government has extended Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 beyond its intended boundaries, it follows that efforts to rein in excessive federal government encroachment in this area can be justified by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 385 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5434, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5434
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5434, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
72 cosponsors — 45 Republicans, 26 Democrats, 1 independent
26 of 72 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Paul Cook (R-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Tj Cox (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), H. Griffith (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Josh Harder (D-CA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Richard Hudson (R-NC) and 42 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick McHenry.
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.