House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 17, 2019
- Committee actionJun 12, 2019
- Passed HouseJul 10, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 677.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 677, 21st Century President Act” on July 10, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 12, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55423
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 677, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/677
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-139 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 9, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/139
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 677, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/677
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9453936d783823c53a608e708bc628fe9ee1433f03fc5c1749d17d9956be46ba
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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. POCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H720):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 677, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/677
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9453936d783823c53a608e708bc628fe9ee1433f03fc5c1749d17d9956be46ba
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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
41 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 40 Democrats
1 of 41 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Angie Craig (D-MN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Levin (D-MI), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan.
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- H.Res. 862 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 24 through February 28, 2020, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.R. 3517 (116th) Restore Honor to Service Members Act
- H.R. 2747 (116th) Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2019
- H.Res. 254 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of March 25 through March 29, 2019, as "Public Schools Week".
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.