House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act
Sponsor: Rep. Ben Luján D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 30, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 912.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUJAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1338):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 912, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/912
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
240 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 226 Democrats
13 of 240 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA) and 210 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Luján.
- H.R. 2181 (116th) Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019
- H.R. 3682 (116th) Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act
- H.R. 1694 (116th) Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019
- H.R. 913 (116th) CLINICAL TREATMENT Act
- H.R. 1277 (116th) State Public Option Act
- H.R. 3783 (116th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments 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.