House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 23, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4820.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McEACHIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 11, January 18, 2018, Page H553):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 18, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4820, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4820
- 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
84 cosponsors — 84 Democrats
0 of 84 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and 54 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. A. McEachin.
- H.R. 6527 (115th) Funding Attorneys for Indigent Removal (FAIR) Proceedings Act
- H.Res. 284 (115th) Expressing support for honoring Earth Day, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5536 (115th) Disabled Access Credit Expansion Act
- H.R. 6607 (115th) Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2018
- H.R. 5056 (115th) Confederate Commemorative Works Inventory and Joint Resource Study Act
- H.R. 6432 (115th) Advancing Youth Enrollment 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.