House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-239
Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2018
Became law on Sep 13, 2018.
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Brady R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 9, 2017
- Committee actionJul 26, 2018
- Passed HouseJan 16, 2018 · 402–0
- Passed SenateJul 26, 2018 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesSep 4, 2018
- To the PresidentSep 6, 2018
- Became lawSep 13, 2018
Latest action: Sep 13, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-239.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4318.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4318, Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2018” on January 16, 2018. CBO’s description reads “Cost Estimate for H.R. 4318 with an amendment that strikes all after the enacting clause and inserts a new text”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 16, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53477
- CBO publication date
- January 16, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4318, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4318
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30094b1f83a29377fa7613b00c7f48dcd369cdc342e827e2f6ad1b69c67362bc
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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. BRADY of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 183, November 9, 2017, Page H8697):U.S. CONST. art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 1 and 3 ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, , to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . ;'' and ``To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 9, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 346 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4318, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4318
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30094b1f83a29377fa7613b00c7f48dcd369cdc342e827e2f6ad1b69c67362bc
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
30 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 30 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rod Blum (R-IA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), George Holding (R-NC), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Tom Reed (R-NY), David Reichert (R-WA), James Renacci (R-OH), Tom Rice (R-SC), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mark Walker (R-NC), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady.
- H.R. 1 (115th) An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
- H.J.Res. 42 (115th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants.
- H.R. 3823 (115th) Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017
- H.R. 3178 (115th) Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017
- H.Res. 1019 (115th) Raising a question of the privileges of the House pursuant to article I, section 7, of the United States Constitution.
- H.R. 6933 (115th) Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2018
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.