House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 14, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 13, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 14, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4655.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DONOVAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 204, December 14, 2017, Page H9940):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and/or Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 70 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4655, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4655
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4655, last updated August 10, 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
33 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 33 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mike Bost (R-IL), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), John Faso (R-NY), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Tom Marino (R-PA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Daniel Donovan.
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- H.R. 6198 (115th) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction 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.