House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2018 — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5485.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 59, April 12, 2018, Page H3210):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5485, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5485
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5c501870a29601ca592e2c9725eb3d03ee563d6a61f1df20cb46146fad3c97cb
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 January 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5485, last updated January 21, 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
14 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 14 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Ben Luján (D-NM), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jared Polis (D-CO), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Peter Welch (D-VT), David Young (R-IA), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Comer.
- H.R. 4182 (115th) EQUALS Act of 2017
- H.R. 6316 (115th) Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2018
- H.R. 6838 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 128 East Carlisle Street in Marion, Kentucky, as the "Ollie M.…
- H.R. 3530 (115th) Industrial Hemp Farming 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.