House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Committee actionApr 9, 2019
- Passed HouseJul 15, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 16, 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. 97.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 97, Rescuing Animals With Rewards Act of 2019” on April 16, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55118
- CBO publication date
- April 16, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 97, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/97
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H213):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 97, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/97
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4372b4d05062f6b034a4093b8394653597661175527390e771625e194a1842a3
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 97, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
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.