House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Stephen Knight R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 22, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 8, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1680.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KNIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 50, March 22, 2017, Page H2350):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1680, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1680
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Lawson (D-FL), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephen Knight.
- H.R. 1162 (115th) No Hero Left Untreated Act
- H.R. 4254 (115th) Women in Aerospace Education Act
- H.R. 6330 (115th) Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018
- H.R. 2333 (115th) Small Business Investment Opportunity Act of 2017
- H.R. 3210 (115th) SECRET Act of 2018
- H.R. 4376 (115th) Department of Energy Research Infrastructure 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.