House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Venezuela Arms Restriction Act

H.R. 920Introduced Jan 30, 2019Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJan 30, 2019
Committee actionMar 14, 2019
Passed HouseMar 25, 2019 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 26, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 920.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 920, Venezuela Arms Restriction Act” on March 21, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 14, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 21, 2019 ↗
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March 21, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 920, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHALALA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 19, January 30, 2019, Page H1338):
Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 920, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/920
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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37511773ba552ee4914d6ca86ec71682bc99f390fddc669798b70109b69124d0
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 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

14 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 9 Democrats

5 of 14 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.

Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Van Taylor (R-TX), David Trone (D-MD), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donna Shalala.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-27 district

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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.