House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 3, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1781.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CASTOR of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 40, March 3, 2025, Page H946):Congress has the power to enact legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the authority to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare'' of Americans.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 230 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1781, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1781, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), William Keating (D-MA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kathy Castor.
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- H.R. 6080 (119th) CLEANER Act of 2025
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- H.R. 2673 (119th) Florida Coastal Protection Act
- H.R. 2703 (119th) Advancing GETs Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.