House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Combat Online Predators Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 1, 2017
- Committee actionNov 2, 2017
- Passed HouseApr 10, 2018 · 409–2
- Passed SenateDec 22, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2018 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4203.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4203, Combat Online Predators Act” on November 30, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 2, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53353
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4203, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4203
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. 115-627 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 10, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 10, 2018 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/627
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4203, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4203
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 177, November 1, 2017, Page H8385):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 1, 2017 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4203, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4203
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Ann Wagner (R-MO).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.
- H.R. 4581 (115th) Screening and Vetting Passenger Exchange Act of 2017
- H.R. 5796 (115th) REACH OUT Act of 2018
- H.R. 3284 (115th) Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series Act of 2017
- H.R. 1249 (115th) DHS Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017
- H.R. 5247 (115th) Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018
- H.R. 2594 (115th) Small Business Payment for Performance 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.