House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Civil Defense Accountability Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4949.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GABBARD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 23, February 6, 2018, Page H902):The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4949, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
04c47e53330943aff4f88e0889cac36581c3ee47ff5e3b4964a3bbeb4b2b9f3e
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
20 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 20 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), John Faso (R-NY), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Denny Heck (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Brian Mast (R-FL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Scott Taylor (R-VA), Kevin Yoder (R-KS), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
- H.R. 5671 (115th) Burn Pits Accountability Act
- H.R. 3671 (115th) Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act
- H.R. 6495 (115th) Marijuana Data Collection Act
- H.R. 4328 (115th) Honoring World War I Memorials Act of 2017
- H.R. 6474 (115th) AG RESEARCH Act
- H.Res. 861 (115th) Supporting the President's diplomatic efforts on the Korean Peninsula.
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.