House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-153
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Committee actionOct 16, 2019
- Passed HouseOct 28, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJan 16, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 20, 2020
- To the PresidentJul 28, 2020
- Became lawAug 8, 2020
Latest action: Aug 8, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-153.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 886.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 886, Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019” on January 28, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on October 28, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 28, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56070
- CBO publication date
- January 28, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 886, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. 116-259 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 28, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/259
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 886, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. CRIST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 19, January 30, 2019, Page H1337):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 886, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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
135 cosponsors — 37 Republicans, 98 Democrats
37 of 135 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Karen Bass (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL) and 105 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charlie Crist.
- H.R. 721 (116th) Spam Calls Task Force Act of 2019
- H.R. 1610 (116th) State Flood Mitigation Revolving Fund Act of 2019
- H.R. 2521 (116th) Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act
- H.Res. 1056 (116th) Supporting the designation of a National Day of Civility.
- H.R. 5390 (116th) Regional Ocean Partnership Act
- H.R. 1687 (116th) Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act
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.