House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
FAIR Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 11, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4775.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 7, January 11, 2018, Page H169):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4775, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- 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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
55 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 54 Democrats
1 of 55 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Gene Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Ben Luján (D-NM) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.
- H.R. 3243 (115th) FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017
- H.R. 3303 (115th) First Responder Fair RETIRE Act
- H.R. 1928 (115th) Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act
- H.R. 1225 (115th) To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Edwin Cole "Ed" Bearss, in recognition of his contributions to preservation of American Civil War…
- H.R. 757 (115th) FAIR Act
- H.R. 6909 (115th) Lady Liberty 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.