House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2017
- Committee actionDec 13, 2017
- Passed HouseJan 9, 2018 · 413–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 10, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4564.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4564, Post-Caliphate Threat Assessment Act of 2017” on January 19, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on January 9, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 19, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53490
- CBO publication date
- January 19, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4564, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4564
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 199, December 6, 2017, Page H9709):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4564, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4564
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eeddbe52adb6590924d9f64b0aaee83ae3864c808b84de3bf7018373a1d5ee53
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4564, last updated April 7, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), John Katko (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), John Rutherford (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Clay Higgins.
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- H.R. 1252 (115th) DHS Acquisition Authorities Act of 2017
- H.R. 2131 (115th) DHS FIRM Act
- H.Res. 990 (115th) Supporting the officers and personnel who carry out the important mission of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- H.R. 5242 (115th) School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018
- H.R. 3285 (115th) Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization 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.