House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Securing Our Schools Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 17, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Apr 5, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4811.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 10, January 17, 2018, Page H478):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4811, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4811
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
074890f4c8edfd0e89125831eb9a193817fc114869ed90edbba1a3b50a0819cf
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 March 23, 2026). 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
56 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 21 Democrats, 1 independent
22 of 56 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Ami Bera (D-CA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Comer (R-KY), Paul Cook (R-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Val Demings (D-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), John Faso (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Peter King (R-NY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost.
- H.R. 2288 (115th) Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
- H.R. 1329 (115th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017
- H.R. 4958 (115th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018
- H.R. 5864 (115th) VA Hospitals Establishing Leadership Performance Act
- H.R. 831 (115th) BALE Act of 2017
- H.R. 1131 (115th) VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement 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.