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 Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5500.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROUZER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 59, April 12, 2018, Page H3210):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5500, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5500
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eb70ce09be795533ead47d4354c13148ec89337ef33e45672a3eb79a4d608db5
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5500, last updated August 11, 2025. 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
8 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Walter Jones (R-NC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Mark Walker (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Rouzer.
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- H.R. 694 (115th) Stop EPA Overregulation of Rural Americans Act
- H.Res. 232 (115th) Recognizing linemen, the profession of linemen, the contributions of these brave men and women who protect public safety, and expressing…
- H.R. 1721 (115th) To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II…
- H.R. 1510 (115th) States' Education Reclamation Act of 2017
- H.R. 2179 (115th) Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients 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.