House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5233.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 41, March 8, 2018, Page H1502):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5233, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8817f28760b6140bada934be22deaf4903654fc786a5ae031ab925ad367393f5
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5233, last updated December 5, 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
46 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 31 Democrats, 1 independent
15 of 46 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Al Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), James Langevin (D-RI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Jason Lewis (R-MN), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Doris Matsui (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adam Smith.
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- H.R. 6711 (115th) House Intern Pay Act of 2018
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- H.R. 3624 (115th) Rural Economic Vitalization Act
- H.R. 753 (115th) Military Infrastructure Consolidation and Efficiency 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.