House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4777.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 7, January 11, 2018, Pages H169-H170):Article I Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4777, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4777
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
393372b096026f2da083440836f5854daf7f83793e043cf6a2a626589ebe57c7
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 December 5, 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
16 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 11 Democrats
5 of 16 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ted Poe (R-TX), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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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.