House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Dwight Evans D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 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. 1702.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EVANS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 51, March 23, 2017, Page H2370):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1702, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1702
- 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dwight Evans.
- H.R. 6347 (115th) 7(a) Real Estate Appraisal Harmonization Act
- H.R. 2655 (115th) Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 2780 (115th) To amend the Small Business Act to create certain requirements for Federal agencies with a SBIR or STTR program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3532 (115th) No Conflict of Interest Presidency Act of 2017
- H.R. 5512 (115th) To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a grant program to address rising costs of tax compliance…
- H.R. 922 (115th) Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2017
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.