House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 30, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5417.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 53, March 29, 2018, Page H3052):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 29, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5417, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5417
- 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.
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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
21 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 21 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Steve King (R-IA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Scott Perry (R-PA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Bill Posey (R-FL), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Robert Wittman (R-VA), David Young (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Babin.
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- H.R. 3282 (115th) ELD Extension Act of 2017
- H.R. 80 (115th) Resettlement Accountability National Security Act of 2017
- H.R. 82 (115th) Criminal Alien Deportation Enforcement Act of 2017
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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.