House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2019
- Committee actionMay 1, 2019
- Passed HouseJun 5, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 988.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 988, NEAR Act of 2019” on May 9, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on May 1, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55231
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 988, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/988
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-82 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on May 23, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/82
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 988, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/988
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3d89fff7e08aa6eb329d5a09005b2623cf17464a299835cc14de911db97c7f9e
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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. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 23, February 6, 2019, Page H1392):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 988, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/988
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3d89fff7e08aa6eb329d5a09005b2623cf17464a299835cc14de911db97c7f9e
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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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Brian Mast (R-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Posey.
- H.R. 479 (116th) SAFE for America Act
- H.Res. 443 (116th) Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 979 (116th) Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2019
- H.R. 4733 (116th) Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2019
- H.R. 8331 (116th) Accountability for CARES Act of 2020
- H.R. 5982 (116th) Safe Medicine 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.