House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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 Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 847.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 18, January 29, 2019, Page H1284):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states:'No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 29, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 797 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 847, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
544b7744c0a174bf03aeb5344dc7fca90fa9cdcdac4a15739ed9fd015dddbabe
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 847, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
45 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 22 Democrats, 1 independent
23 of 45 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Susan Davis (D-CA), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Billy Long (R-MO), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Joe Neguse (D-CO) and 15 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Green.
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- H.R. 3717 (116th) Dollars for the Wall Act
- H.R. 2990 (116th) Rural Health Care Access Act of 2019
- H.R. 3532 (116th) China Technology Transfer Control Act of 2019
- H.Res. 304 (116th) Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
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.