House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Babin R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2019
- Committee actionJun 19, 2019
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2019 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 759.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 759, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act” on July 10, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 19, 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/55432
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 759, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/759
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- 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. 116-165 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 22, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2019 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/165
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 759, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/759
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 15, January 24, 2019, Page H1212):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2019 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 759, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/759
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
25 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 25 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Wm. Clay (D-MO), K. Conaway (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Will Hurd (R-TX), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Austin Scott (R-GA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Filemon Vela (D-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Babin.
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- H.R. 1554 (116th) REDI Act
- H.Con.Res. 47 (116th) Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
- H.R. 8830 (116th) You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2020
- H.R. 2220 (116th) I–14 Expansion and Improvement Act of 2019
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.