House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 589.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 9, January 16, 2019, Page H676):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 589, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/589
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 589, last updated April 7, 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 — 19 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), J. Hill (R-AR), George Holding (R-NC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), David Roe (R-TN), John Rutherford (R-FL), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Barr.
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- H.R. 7795 (116th) Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020
- H.Con.Res. 97 (116th) Establishing the Joint Select Committee on the Events and Activities Surrounding China's Handling of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.
- H.R. 969 (116th) TABS Act of 2019
- H.R. 8368 (116th) Rural Broadband Expansion Act of 2020
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.