House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2018
- Committee actionApr 17, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 5, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 6, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5274.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5274, Global Electoral Exchange Act” on May 4, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 17, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 4, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53823
- CBO publication date
- May 4, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5274, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5274
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 45, March 14, 2018, Page H1608):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 113 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5274, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5274
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5274, last updated April 7, 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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Ted Poe (R-TX), David Price (D-NC), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
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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.