House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Congressional Accountability and Hush Fund Elimination Act
Sponsor: Rep. Ron DeSantis R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 30, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4494.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DESANTIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 195, November 30, 2017, Page H9569):Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 (``Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.'').Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 30, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 194 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4494, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4494
- 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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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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4494, 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
103 cosponsors — 77 Republicans, 25 Democrats, 1 independent
26 of 103 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Dave Brat (R-VA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), K. Conaway (R-TX), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Delaney (D-MD), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 73 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron DeSantis.
- H.Res. 259 (115th) Expressing concern and condemnation over the political, economic, social, and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
- H.R. 883 (115th) Targeting Child Predators Act of 2017
- H.R. 3737 (115th) Social Media Use in Clearance Investigations Act of 2017
- H.R. 2327 (115th) PAWS Act of 2017
- H.R. 4274 (115th) Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017
- H.J.Res. 6 (115th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
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.