House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2018
- Committee actionMay 9, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 25, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 26, 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. 5535.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5535, Energy Diplomacy Act of 2018” on June 13, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 9, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 13, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54040
- CBO publication date
- June 13, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5535, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5535
- 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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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 62, April 17, 2018, Page H3396):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5535, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5535
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f0a17b828229c61d56e5330e8634ec2cd4504832bce46bc2c80bd6eaef704411
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5535, last updated April 7, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.