House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-401
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 20, 2018
- Committee actionDec 6, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 25, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesDec 20, 2018
- To the PresidentDec 21, 2018
- Became lawDec 31, 2018
Latest action: Dec 31, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-401.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5075.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAYLOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 32, February 20, 2018, Page H1221):Article 1, Section 8 The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; To provide for the…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 2,556 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5075, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5075
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5075, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Taylor.
- H.R. 2772 (115th) SEA Act of 2018
- H.Con.Res. 95 (115th) Expressing support for the use of public-private partnerships to bring computer science education to more K-12 classrooms.
- H.Res. 285 (115th) Expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that Congress and the President should empower the creation of police…
- H.R. 1447 (115th) Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2017
- H.R. 1811 (115th) HOPS Act
- H.R. 5986 (115th) Bill Mulder and Ryan Larkin Posttraumatic Growth 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.