House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Protecting Private Job Creators Act
Official title: To except quotations of fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Downing R-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
- Committee actionDec 16, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 448.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3959.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3959, Protecting Private Job Creators Act” on March 24, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 25, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62254
- CBO publication date
- March 24, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3959, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9928302c9a7b1ca20f8e0fcf6f40f275b89bf2e682594337d263040afde9cbaa
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-523 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on February 25, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 25, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/523
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3959, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9928302c9a7b1ca20f8e0fcf6f40f275b89bf2e682594337d263040afde9cbaa
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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. DOWNING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2822):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3959, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9928302c9a7b1ca20f8e0fcf6f40f275b89bf2e682594337d263040afde9cbaa
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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.
Cleo Fields (D-LA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Tim Moore (R-NC), David Scott (D-GA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Ann Wagner (R-MO).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Downing.
- H.R. 7250 (119th) To reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.
- H.J.Res. 104 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.R. 1190 (119th) Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act
- H.R. 4495 (119th) SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act
- H.R. 725 (119th) Crow Revenue Act
- H.R. 726 (119th) Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.