House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2017
- Committee actionSep 27, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2018 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1272.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1272, Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018” on December 6, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 27, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 6, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54867
- CBO publication date
- December 6, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1272, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1272
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. RUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 36, March 1, 2017, Page H1464):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have power to . . . provide for the . . . general welfare of the United States . . .''; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 289 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1272, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1272
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aac67a935367f6203963e6a22b4d61ca44b641343221cb7738c0843e695f9ce1
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 committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1272, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
24 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 21 Democrats
3 of 24 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush.
- H.R. 338 (115th) To promote a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce.
- H.R. 6086 (115th) To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act.
- H.R. 810 (115th) Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2017
- H.Res. 1098 (115th) Recognizing and commemorating the bicentennial of the State of Illinois.
- H.Res. 722 (115th) Supporting the goals and ideals of "Black Women's Heart Health Awareness Week".
- H.R. 4876 (115th) Connecting Broadband Deserts Act of 2018
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.