House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5281.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 45, March 14, 2018, Page H1609):Article 1, Section 8, subsection 1: ``Congress shall have Power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises'' and Article 1, Section 8, subsection 3: ``To regulate commerce with foreign nations''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 205 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5281, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5281, 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
23 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joe Barton (R-TX), Ken Buck (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Scott Perry (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Mark Sanford (R-SC), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Mark Walker (R-NC), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Warren Davidson.
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.