House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Needless Award Payments Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5338.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HANDEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 48, March 20, 2018, Page H1728):Article 1 Sec. 8 Clause 1 Article 1 Sec. 8 Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5338, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5338
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5338, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Karen Handel.
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- H.R. 5645 (115th) Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018
- H.R. 6691 (115th) Community Safety and Security Act of 2018
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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.