House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 23, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 23, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5537.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WATKINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 207, December 23, 2019, Page H12297):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5537, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52b7ffa205953b615f3a5962be8812ee276570c19dd6b5c51f5a4785f52221c4
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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5537, last updated January 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Watkins.
- H.R. 1872 (116th) Enhancing Credit Opportunities in Rural America Act of 2019
- H.R. 4800 (116th) Pro-LIFE Act
- H.R. 1061 (116th) Fort Scott National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act
- H.Res. 382 (116th) Honoring the 65th anniversary of the landmark decision of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (347 U.S. 483 (1954)).
- H.R. 3150 (116th) RURAL Physicians Act
- H.R. 2159 (116th) Public Diplomacy Modernization Act of 2019
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.