House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 563.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROWN of Maryland, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 8, January 15, 2019, Page H602):Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 563, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/563
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 563, last updated December 5, 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
39 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 29 Democrats
10 of 39 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Anthony Brown.
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.