House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Virginia Foxx R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee actionMar 15, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 13, 2018 · 230–168
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2018 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 738.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 50.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017” on May 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 15, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53894
- CBO publication date
- May 24, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 50, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/50
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017” on November 14, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 26, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54672
- CBO publication date
- November 14, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 50, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/50
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a23a3197982ebff514f8ba379fe3c53f5b8c925cd64b66a2094f9fd01c3c157c
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 115-447 ↗; H. Rept. 115-798 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/447
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/798 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 50, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/50
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a23a3197982ebff514f8ba379fe3c53f5b8c925cd64b66a2094f9fd01c3c157c
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- 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. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Pages H47-H48):The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 213 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 50, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/50
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a23a3197982ebff514f8ba379fe3c53f5b8c925cd64b66a2094f9fd01c3c157c
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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.
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- H.R. 3851 (115th) War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
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- 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.