House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
CASES Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2017
- Committee actionFeb 6, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 16, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3076.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3076, CASES Act” on May 9, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 6, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53829
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3076, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3076
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-826 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 16, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2018 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/826
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3076, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3076
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 110, June 27, 2017, Page H5232):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3076, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3076
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec2fac127e92ab7437f9d9ae8729e79b1a5824538e80d03c604956758d6598e9
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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
18 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 18 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Gene Green (D-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Mimi Walters (R-CA), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2996 (115th) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Reform Act of 2017
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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.