House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 17, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5591.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 7, January 13, 2020, Page H208):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5591, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
50c91ac69f7f4ff268d028c4011f94fbc80a10ff1a07da7b1f751bf5e517e7a8
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. 5591, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Ralph Norman (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Johnson.
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- H.R. 1269 (116th) History and Tradition Protection Act of 2019
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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.