House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2018
- Committee actionMar 22, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 27, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5345.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5345, ALSTAR Act” on April 18, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 22, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 18, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53771
- CBO publication date
- April 18, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5345, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5345
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc359d02b2ba7786f43371de6d647066085f01006cbc53ad3988ebf47068a2db
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 48, March 20, 2018, Page H1728):Article 1, section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5345, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5345
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc359d02b2ba7786f43371de6d647066085f01006cbc53ad3988ebf47068a2db
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5345, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mo Brooks.
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- H.R. 2186 (115th) EL CHAPO Act
- H.R. 5313 (115th) End Federal Shutdowns Act of 2018
- H.R. 1718 (115th) ObamaCare Repeal Act
- H.R. 2604 (115th) TPS Reform Act of 2017
- H.R. 2940 (115th) Congressional Self-Defense 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.