House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2019

H.R. 806Introduced Jan 28, 2019Policy area: Commerce

Where it went

IntroducedJan 28, 2019
Committee actionJul 17, 2019
Passed HouseSep 17, 2019 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 18, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 806.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 806, Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2019” on September 19, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on September 17, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55644
CBO publication date
September 19, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 806, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-207 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 13, 2019.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 13, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 806, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/806
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 17, January 28, 2019, Page H1243):
Article 1
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 806, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/806
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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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

52 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 42 Democrats, 1 independent

10 of 52 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ed Case (D-HI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), James Himes (D-CT), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), David Joyce (R-OH), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), James Langevin (D-RI), Robert Latta (R-OH), Al Lawson (D-FL), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Brian Mast (R-FL) and 22 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-5 district

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