House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 19, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5491.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 206, December 19, 2019, Page H12290):Article 1 Section 8 The Congress shall have the power to provide for the common defense.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5491, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5491
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
195d083f1b74b18bb4797829174decb8bcac6d1c419a9747999ce04c72c12d08
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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5491, last updated December 3, 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
25 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 25 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Susie Lee (D-NV), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), John Rutherford (R-FL), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Michael Turner (R-OH).
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.