House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Dent R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 13, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2018 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Lance asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 5505, a bill originally introduced by Representative Dent of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings under clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5505.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 60, April 13, 2018, Page H3316):To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereofSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 231 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5505, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5505
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4431e8a7ba9e71e051f4b4dd59708fdc8e5ff6d59cedc3903375346db9691fcd
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5505, last updated December 5, 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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), James Himes (D-CT), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Dent.
- H.R. 2998 (115th) Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.R. 5786 (115th) Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 1017 (115th) Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017
- H.R. 4007 (115th) To revise the quorum requirement for the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
- H.R. 548 (115th) Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017
- H.R. 1002 (115th) National Heritage Area 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.