House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-183
Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2019
Became law on Oct 30, 2020.
Sponsor: Rep. Jack Bergman R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2019
- Committee actionOct 16, 2019
- Passed HouseFeb 25, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 30, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 20, 2020
- Became lawOct 30, 2020
Latest action: Oct 30, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-183.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 561.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 561, Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2019” on October 28, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 16, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55775
- CBO publication date
- October 28, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 561, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 8, January 15, 2019, Page H602):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 561, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 561, 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
20 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 20 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), W. Steube (R-FL), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman.
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.