House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5136.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McNERNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 37, March 1, 2018, Page H1341):Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5136, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5136
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
935f82e8bc6845de26341afd43831c2487b3ff6ca489b68fcba74a82ac614031
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. 5136, 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
J. Correa (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Scott Peters (D-CA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerry McNerney.
- H.R. 5811 (115th) Long-Term Opioid Efficacy Act of 2018
- H.R. 5240 (115th) Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act
- H.R. 6833 (115th) GREEN Act
- H.R. 3275 (115th) Water and Energy Sustainability through Technology Act
- H.R. 2356 (115th) MY DATA Act of 2017
- H.R. 2799 (115th) Western Water Recycling and Drought Relief 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.