House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5481.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KINZINGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 205, December 18, 2019, Page H12210):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 87 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5481, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5481
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5481, last updated December 5, 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
23 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 23 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Comer (R-KY), Tj Cox (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Michael Guest (R-MS), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Fred Keller (R-PA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
- H.R. 1616 (116th) European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019
- H.R. 3206 (116th) Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019
- H.R. 4461 (116th) Network Security Information Sharing Act of 2019
- H.R. 4694 (116th) United States-Turkey Relations Review Act of 2019
- H.R. 467 (116th) Reducing the Demand for Human Trafficking Act of 2019
- H.R. 314 (116th) Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Amendment Act
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.