House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5486.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 205, December 18, 2019, Page H12211):Article IV Section 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5486, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5486
- 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
13 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 11 Democrats
2 of 13 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stacey Plaskett.
- H.R. 5756 (116th) Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2020
- H.R. 8345 (116th) Air Carrier Worker Support Extension Act of 2020
- H.R. 1354 (116th) Territories Health Equity Act of 2019
- H.R. 413 (116th) Hire A Hero Act of 2019
- H.Res. 1177 (116th) Honoring the life and achievement of John Robert Thompson Jr., the legendary Georgetown University men's basketball coach.
- H.R. 1353 (116th) LWCF Parity for Territories and DC 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.