House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2018
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 8, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4754.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 6, January 10, 2018, Page H132):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 197 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4754, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4754
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4754, last updated September 8, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Mike Coffman (R-CO), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon.
- H.R. 5079 (115th) DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act
- H.R. 5733 (115th) DHS Industrial Control Systems Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2018
- H.R. 3897 (115th) Gold Star Family Support and Installation Access Act of 2017
- H.R. 6580 (115th) Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act
- H.R. 1970 (115th) Kerrie Orozco Act
- H.R. 6105 (115th) LEOSA Reform Act
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.