House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2017
- Committee actionNov 2, 2017
- Passed HouseNov 30, 2017 · 213–204
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 1, 2017 — 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. 4182.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4182, Ensuring a Qualified Civil Service Act of 2017” on November 13, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 2, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53314
- CBO publication date
- November 13, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4182, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4182
- 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-415,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 115-415 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 28, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/415
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/415 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4182, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4182
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0a6ef67ea5b372518f234e67a6468e0ef1b96085ee9276d9cc309d4efb51732
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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. COMER, 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. 4182, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4182
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0a6ef67ea5b372518f234e67a6468e0ef1b96085ee9276d9cc309d4efb51732
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jody Hice (R-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Mark Meadows (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
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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.