House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2018
- Committee actionFeb 6, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4887.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4887, GREAT Act” on July 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 6, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54282
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4887, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4887
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98e749cbad2a14a017d6f1015904413d486548473716aaf9bf1478f1f1c596ef
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-947 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 12, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 12, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/947
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4887, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4887
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98e749cbad2a14a017d6f1015904413d486548473716aaf9bf1478f1f1c596ef
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 19, January 29, 2018, Page H677):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution grants the Congress the authority to enact this law.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 29, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 104 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4887, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4887
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98e749cbad2a14a017d6f1015904413d486548473716aaf9bf1478f1f1c596ef
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mark Walker (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.
- H.R. 951 (115th) To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project.
- H.J.Res. 37 (115th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space…
- H.R. 3851 (115th) War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
- H.R. 50 (115th) Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2018
- H.Res. 835 (115th) Supporting robust relations with the State of Israel bilaterally and in multilateral fora upon seventy years of statehood, and for other…
- H.Res. 685 (115th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
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.