House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 29, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 833.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HARTZLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 18, January 29, 2019, Page H1284):The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 29, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 168 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 833, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/833
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
66 cosponsors — 65 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 66 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Ron Estes (R-KS), Bill Flores (R-TX), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jody Hice (R-GA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jim Jordan (R-OH) and 36 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.