House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 954.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURD of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 21, February 4, 2019, Page H1350):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 954, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b68f70ef18f725b56ad9266ab5288230640d7e02bfdb23ff4e9e63dca2488728
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 954, last updated December 5, 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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
5 of 6 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Tom Cole (R-OK), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Susan Davis (D-CA), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Will Hurd.
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- H.R. 247 (116th) Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2019
- H.Con.Res. 116 (116th) Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the principles that should guide the national artificial intelligence strategy of the…
- H.Con.Res. 50 (116th) Strongly condemning human rights violations, violence against civilians, and cooperation with Iran by the Houthi movement and its allies…
- H.R. 1392 (116th) Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Amendments Act 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.