House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
DISARM Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2018
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 8, 2018 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5216.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HECK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 41, March 8, 2018, Page H1502):United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have power . . . To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 186 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5216, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5216
- 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
83 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 81 Democrats
2 of 83 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA) and 53 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Denny Heck.
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- H.R. 6224 (115th) Protect European Energy Security Act
- H.R. 3129 (115th) ADVANCE Act
- H.R. 6944 (115th) Clean Water Through Green Infrastructure Act
- H.Res. 383 (115th) To express support for recognition of June 2017 as National Orca Protection Month.
- H.Res. 959 (115th) To express support for recognition of June 2018 as National Orca Protection Month.
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.