House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2019
- Committee actionMay 22, 2019
- Passed HouseJul 25, 2019 · 272–158
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 549.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 549, Venezuela TPS Act of 2019” on June 27, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 22, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55404
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 549, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/549
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed4352bceffec99079961f65e46b19eeaeecba6676237229a335bf1b180542fa
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 549, Venezuela TPS Act of 2019” on July 23, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As listed on the website of the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives (g:\VHLC\071919\071919.376.xml July 19, 2019 7:47 p.m.)”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55477
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 549, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/549
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed4352bceffec99079961f65e46b19eeaeecba6676237229a335bf1b180542fa
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-168 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 23, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/168
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 549, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/549
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed4352bceffec99079961f65e46b19eeaeecba6676237229a335bf1b180542fa
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 8, January 15, 2019, Page H602):Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 549, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/549
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed4352bceffec99079961f65e46b19eeaeecba6676237229a335bf1b180542fa
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
33 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 29 Democrats
4 of 33 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Charlie Crist (D-FL), John Curtis (R-UT), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jesús García (D-IL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Andy Levin (D-MI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Donna Shalala (D-FL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Adam Smith (D-WA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), David Trone (D-MD) and 3 more.
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.