House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2019
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 719.
- 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. 14, January 23, 2019, Page H1172):Commerce Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 3)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 719, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/719
- 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.
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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
39 cosponsors — 39 Democrats
0 of 39 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Andy Levin (D-MI), Lucy McBath (D-GA), A. McEachin (D-VA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Anthony Brown.
- H.R. 970 (116th) Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act
- H.R. 511 (116th) Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act
- H.R. 878 (116th) Educators Expense Deduction Modernization Act
- H.R. 717 (116th) Raise the Age Act
- H.R. 532 (116th) Alternatives to Detention Act of 2019
- H.R. 563 (116th) DD–214 Modernization Act
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.