House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Cuellar D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2017
- Committee actionSep 27, 2018
- Passed HouseNov 27, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 28, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1567.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1567, United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act” on November 14, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 27, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54676
- CBO publication date
- November 14, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1567, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1567
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. CUELLAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 46, March 16, 2017, Page H2149):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power . . . to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 301 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1567, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1567
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
09a3a40ad16de7d7431245ca4b33aa2f0dbb8094b83a03b0dbf8dab3420ed7d3
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1567, last updated April 7, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
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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.