House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Saudi Educational Transparency and Reform Act of 2019

H.R. 554Introduced Jan 15, 2019Policy area: International Affairs

Sponsor: Rep. Joe Wilson R-SC

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 15, 2019
Committee actionOct 30, 2019
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 30, 2019 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 554.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 554, Saudi Educational Transparency and Reform Act of 2019” on November 14, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2019 ↗
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November 14, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 554, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
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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. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 8, January 15, 2019, Page H602):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 554, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/554
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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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

20 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 14 Democrats

14 of 20 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.

Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), John Curtis (R-UT), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), William Keating (D-MA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Scott Perry (R-PA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Norma Torres (D-CA), David Trone (D-MD), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Wilson.

Sponsor’s state and district

South Carolina in Congress · SC-2 district

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