House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 916.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MITCHELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 19, January 30, 2019, Page H1338):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 916, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/916
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9c267fde58cafb53b9b1bfb970c2b318bd23af57884d95259e4c61034816c9f1
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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 916, last updated July 21, 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
16 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 16 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Chris Collins (R-NY), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Tom Reed (R-NY), John Rutherford (R-FL), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Michael Turner (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Mitchell.
- H.R. 2847 (116th) No Passport Fees for Heroes’ Families Act
- H.R. 1766 (116th) College Transparency Act
- H.R. 2831 (116th) BUILDS Act
- H.Res. 814 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 26 through February 1, 2020, as "National School Choice Week".
- H.Res. 44 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 20 through January 26, 2019, as "National School Choice Week".
- H.R. 2270 (116th) Removing Barriers to Foster Youth Success in College 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.