House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin McCarthy R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 2018
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 7, 2018 · 210–206
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 20, 2018 — Motion to discharge Senate Committees on Appropriations; the Budget rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 50. Record Vote Number: 134.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3, Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act” on May 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on May 9, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53865
- CBO publication date
- May 11, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3, Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act” on June 7, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As modified by H.Res. 923”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53963
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ee862d97eccee3ac82ac2a83c36ef231d90b4a043f76e4ac40e2a0d1311a2c08
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCARTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 75, May 9, 2018, Page H3886):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 798 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ee862d97eccee3ac82ac2a83c36ef231d90b4a043f76e4ac40e2a0d1311a2c08
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 December 5, 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Tom Cole (R-OK), Doug Collins (R-GA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Kay Granger (R-TX), Tom Graves (R-GA), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Steve Scalise (R-LA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Mark Walker (R-NC), Steve Womack (R-AR).
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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.