House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2018
- Committee actionApr 11, 2018
- Passed HouseApr 25, 2018 · 415–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2018 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5447.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5447, Music Modernization Act” on April 25, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 11, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53795
- CBO publication date
- April 25, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5447, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5447
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-651 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 25, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/651
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5447, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
91f5b460c7a61b411758aa1b633a2023e26cadf66ba15130b2efaf471765e45d
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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. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 57, April 10, 2018, Pages H3095-H3096):Article I, Section 8, Clause 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5447, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
91f5b460c7a61b411758aa1b633a2023e26cadf66ba15130b2efaf471765e45d
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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
49 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 26 Democrats
26 of 49 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Ken Buck (R-CO), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Doug Collins (R-GA), James Cooper (D-TN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Ron Estes (R-KS), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Karen Handel (R-GA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Will Hurd (R-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Goodlatte.
- H.R. 954 (115th) To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 732 (115th) Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017
- H.R. 1695 (115th) Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017
- H.R. 5954 (115th) Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018
- H.R. 985 (115th) Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017
- H.R. 5 (115th) Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017
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.