House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Global Electoral Exchange Act of 2019

H.R. 753Introduced Jan 24, 2019Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJan 24, 2019
Committee actionApr 9, 2019
Passed HouseMay 20, 2019 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 21, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 753.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 753, Global Electoral Exchange Act of 2019” on April 17, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55123
CBO publication date
April 17, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 753, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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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. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 15, January 24, 2019, Page H1212):
The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 753, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/753
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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 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

5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats

2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.

Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-20 district

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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.