House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Blake Farenthold R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2018
- Committee actionMar 15, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 15, 2018 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5253.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5253, Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018” on March 29, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 15, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 29, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53705
- CBO publication date
- March 29, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5253, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5253
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 44, March 13, 2018, Page H1543):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5253, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eeb19fe355d407ed74a45d9272d7db8c31fffe47a168442bb985f6135e74f2f2
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 committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5253, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Blake Farenthold.
- H.R. 2846 (115th) Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2018
- H.R. 659 (115th) Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017
- H.R. 906 (115th) Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017
- H.R. 256 (115th) Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
- H.R. 3108 (115th) Protecting Honest Fishermen Act of 2017
- H.R. 1118 (115th) Innocent Sellers Fairness 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.