House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 16, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5016.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ABRAHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 29, February 14, 2018, Page H1178):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5016, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5016
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2547381e0e103bf41c500731d22b23cf6f1420976e8aa93117f3bd30b1748775
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5016, last updated August 11, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Scott Perry (R-PA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Abraham.
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- H.R. 1224 (115th) NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017
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- H.R. 639 (115th) Electronic Notification Improvement Act of 2017
- H.R. 6932 (115th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms under the Medicare program.
- H.R. 6272 (115th) Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study 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.