House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 961.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 21, February 4, 2019, Page H1350):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 961, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/961
- 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
237 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 208 Democrats
28 of 237 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Andy Barr (R-KY), 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), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA) and 207 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janice Schakowsky.
- H.R. 2211 (116th) STURDY Act
- H.R. 2781 (116th) EMPOWER for Health Act of 2019
- H.R. 8134 (116th) Consumer Product Safety Inspection Enhancement Act
- H.R. 3170 (116th) Safe Cribs Act of 2019
- H.R. 2296 (116th) More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act
- H.R. 1948 (116th) Lymphedema Treatment 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.