House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Asylum Protection Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 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. 4850.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 12, January 19, 2018, Page H582):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 4Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 19, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4850, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4850
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
03e660e773e51f21035889d004d99e89457b222a0ef269b4e4ffc3c59a0a1659
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
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Tom Graves (R-GA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Francis Rooney.
- H.J.Res. 67 (115th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by qualified State political…
- H.R. 6622 (115th) To designate the Federal building located at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the "George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and…
- H.R. 4327 (115th) Current Employee Representation Act
- H.R. 4770 (115th) Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2018
- H.R. 2515 (115th) Travel Agent Retail Fairness Act
- H.R. 2629 (115th) Representation Fairness Restoration 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.