House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

H.R. 550Introduced Jan 15, 2019Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJan 15, 2019
Committee actionDec 19, 2019
Passed HouseSep 19, 2019 · by voice vote
Passed SenateDec 19, 2019 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesJan 30, 2020
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 30, 2020 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate amendment.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 550.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 550, Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019” on July 11, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on January 15, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2019 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55441
CBO publication date
July 11, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 550, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/550
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4655074ef089bc0a65311080374810809e7a44801433d4aa0884e47ff9063b6c
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 8, January 15, 2019, Page H602):
Article I, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
Statement length
20 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 550, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/550
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4655074ef089bc0a65311080374810809e7a44801433d4aa0884e47ff9063b6c
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 committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

Sent to: Financial Services Committee, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimate Bills with a committee report See it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 550, last updated December 6, 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

302 cosponsors — 101 Republicans, 200 Democrats, 1 independent

101 of 302 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN) and 272 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Garamendi.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-3 district

Open in Bill Explorer →

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.