House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2017
- Committee actionJan 17, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 17, 2018 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 6.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4170.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4170, Disclosing Foreign Influence Act” on March 9, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 17, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53648
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4170, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
761435bc271d4a44f7e4758f11d5d157b2b5b5623ddcb2307639f535655deda6
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. JOHNSON of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 176, October 31, 2017, Page H8294):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4170, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
761435bc271d4a44f7e4758f11d5d157b2b5b5623ddcb2307639f535655deda6
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4170, last updated December 5, 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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ken Buck (R-CO), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Cedric Richmond (D-LA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Johnson.
- H.R. 1761 (115th) Protecting Against Child Exploitation Act of 2017
- H.R. 2457 (115th) J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Hydropower Extension Act of 2017
- H.R. 3392 (115th) Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act
- H.R. 6346 (115th) WHOLE Act of 2018
- H.R. 3593 (115th) Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act
- H.R. 3133 (115th) SEA Act of 2017
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.