House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3238.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 76, May 7, 2025, Page H1911):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3238, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3238
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a6146d36b890f53d9d55bd778ce18ab08b86ad13c8c34176db65f4a50d130918
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 June 10, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3238, last updated June 10, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Derek Tran (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pablo Hernández.
- H.R. 2261 (119th) Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act
- H.R. 5168 (119th) Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act
- H.Res. 724 (119th) Recognizing the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Maria's destruction of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
- H.R. 7829 (119th) Disaster Aid Without Delay Act of 2026
- H.R. 9246 (119th) Puerto Rico Democratic Self Determination Act
- H.R. 2632 (119th) TRICARE Equality Act
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.