House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Ed Royce R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2018
- Committee actionApr 17, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 17, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5480.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5480, Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018” on May 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 17, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53898
- CBO publication date
- May 24, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5480, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. 115-718 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on June 8, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 8, 2018 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/718
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5480, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. ROYCE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 59, April 12, 2018, Pages H3209-H3210):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2018 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5480, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Susan Brooks (R-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Norma Torres (D-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO).
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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.