House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4608.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. O'HALLERAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 201, December 11, 2017, Page H9789):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4608, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4608
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4c734e26b1d136f15546d5fa509e8f2e3c2963e34194774df7585f2666e4414d
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 January 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4608, last updated January 21, 2026. 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
17 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 11 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 17 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Ben Luján (D-NM), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom O'Halleran.
- H.R. 4032 (115th) Gila River Indian Community Federal Rights-of-Way, Easements and Boundary Clarification Act
- H.R. 5477 (115th) Rural DOCS Act
- H.Res. 876 (115th) Supporting the goal of increasing public school teacher pay and public education funding.
- H.R. 1951 (115th) NOPE Act
- H.R. 3879 (115th) Taxpayers DIME Act of 2017
- H.R. 2898 (115th) RAC Reform 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.