House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4961.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 24, February 7, 2018, Page H975):Clause 7 of section 9 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 76 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4961, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4961
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ba74c69d9b63463df40178acdb10d91deeed5f71db1796255aa4f27e90dc61d2
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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4961, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
95 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 89 Democrats
6 of 95 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Val Demings (D-FL) and 65 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.