House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-335
Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018
Became law on Dec 20, 2018.
Sponsor: Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 5, 2017
- Committee actionJul 27, 2017
- Passed HouseOct 3, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 27, 2018 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesDec 11, 2018
- To the PresidentDec 13, 2018
- Became lawDec 20, 2018
Latest action: Dec 20, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-335.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1918.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1918, Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017” on August 17, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 27, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 17, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53026
- CBO publication date
- August 17, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1918, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1918
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 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 Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 59, April 5, 2017, Page H2754):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1918, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1918
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7a3e372d438a3507908b25b7d65b658111f544e5a9c4df8da8daa0ab8e868cb6
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 10, 2025). 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
25 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 25 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Ted Poe (R-TX), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
- H.R. 2061 (115th) North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017
- H.Res. 351 (115th) Condemning the violence and persecution in Chechnya.
- H.R. 2646 (115th) United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Extension Act
- H.Res. 274 (115th) Condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International…
- H.Res. 317 (115th) Calling for the unconditional release of United States citizens and legal permanent resident aliens being held for political purposes by…
- H.Res. 981 (115th) Condemning the violence, persecution, intimidation, and murders committed by the Government of Nicaragua against its citizens.
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.