House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
RARE Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 2, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5115.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 35, February 27, 2018, Page H1335):Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5115, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5115
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- 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 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
19 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 13 Democrats
6 of 19 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Peter Visclosky (D-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. André Carson.
- H.R. 4851 (115th) Kennedy-King National Commemorative Site Act
- H.Res. 136 (115th) Equality for All Resolution of 2017
- H.R. 647 (115th) Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act
- H.Res. 157 (115th) Expressing support for the designation of the last day of February each year, as "Rare Disease Day".
- H.Res. 309 (115th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Poppy Day.
- H.R. 6051 (115th) Federal Protective Service Parity Act of 2017
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.