House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
ACE Kids Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 20, 2017
- Committee actionSep 13, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2018 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3325.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3325, Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act” on October 22, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 13, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 22, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54613
- CBO publication date
- October 22, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3325, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3325
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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. BARTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 123, July 20, 2017, Page H6146):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constition which gives Congress the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several sates, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 188 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3325, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3325
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7263c2586b6b85d0ee7081732a7ccddb1034d5d4f1b3aed5852d91ab8460ec67
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3325, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
134 cosponsors — 74 Republicans, 59 Democrats, 1 independent
60 of 134 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Ken Buck (R-CO), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Paul Cook (R-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY) and 104 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton.
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.