House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-330
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 4, 2017
- Committee actionJul 25, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 25, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 11, 2018 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 13, 2018
- Became lawDec 19, 2018
Latest action: Dec 19, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-330.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1872.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1872, Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2017” on August 20, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 25, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54390
- CBO publication date
- August 20, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1872, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- 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. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 58, April 4, 2017, Page H2697):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 4, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1872, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2802ce171bb309347d9ec96ba27f0aff21357da4ceb03115a95b1db53acea410
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 January 10, 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
55 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 44 Democrats
11 of 55 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), John Faso (R-NY), Trent Franks (R-AZ), James Himes (D-CT), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), William Keating (D-MA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Doris Matsui (D-CA) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.