House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Jobs for Tribes Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 30, 2017
- Committee actionMay 8, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 28, 2018 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 869.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4506.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4506, Jobs for Tribes Act” on October 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 8, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54560
- CBO publication date
- October 10, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4506, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4506
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- 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. 115-1064 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 3, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 3, 2018 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1064
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4506, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4506
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- 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 Mrs. TORRES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 195, November 30, 2017, Page H9570):Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 30, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4506, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4506
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- 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
18 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 11 Democrats
7 of 18 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Tom Cole (R-OK), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), David Valadao (R-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Norma Torres.
- H.Res. 145 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the fight against corruption in Central America.
- H.R. 3101 (115th) Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2017
- H.Res. 944 (115th) Expressing solidarity with and sympathy for the people of Guatemala after the June 3, 2018, eruption of the Fuego Volcano.
- H.R. 4485 (115th) Savanna's Act
- H.R. 2545 (115th) Special Diabetes Program for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2017
- H.Con.Res. 50 (115th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
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.