House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 545.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OLSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 8, January 15, 2019, Page H602):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, under which ``Congress shall have the Power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 309 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 545, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/545
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 545, last updated February 4, 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
27 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 20 Democrats
20 of 27 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA), James McGovern (D-MA), David McKinley (R-WV), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Scott Peters (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), David Trone (D-MD), Filemon Vela (D-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Susan Wild (D-PA).
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.