Senate bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-76
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2019
- Committee actionSep 25, 2019
- Passed SenateNov 19, 2019 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 20, 2019 · 417–1
- To the PresidentNov 21, 2019
- Became lawNov 27, 2019
Latest action: Nov 27, 2019 — Became Public Law No: 116-76.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1838.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1838, Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019” on October 9, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 26, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55713
- CBO publication date
- October 9, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1838, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1838, last updated January 10, 2026. 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
56 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 26 Democrats, 1 independent
27 of 56 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Michael Bennet (D-CO), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Boozman (R-AR), Mike Braun (R-IN), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Josh Hawley (R-MO), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Angus King (I-ME) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.