House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2017
- Committee actionJun 21, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 519.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 519, Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2018” on June 29, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 21, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54141
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 519, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/519
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-857 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 23, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/857
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 519, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/519
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fca1b290fcddb6e42828dd26fcde6f75109ef5ab6011cf43d17c634b891a72eb
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 9, January 13, 2017, Page H546):``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, andExcises, to pay the Debts, and provide for the common Defense and General Welfare of the United States; but all Duties andImposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 268 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 519, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/519
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fca1b290fcddb6e42828dd26fcde6f75109ef5ab6011cf43d17c634b891a72eb
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
15 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 15 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Rob Bishop (R-UT), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Mike Coffman (R-CO), John Curtis (R-UT), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Mia Love (R-UT), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Jared Polis (D-CO), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
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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.