House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 18, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5565.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LAWRENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 63, April 18, 2018, Page H3443):Article I, Section 8, clause 18: allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any ``other'' powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States. The Supreme Court has held that the power to conduct oversight is implied from the general vesting of legislative powers in Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 355 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5565, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5565
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), James Clyburn (D-SC), James Cooper (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Dina Titus (D-NV), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brenda Lawrence.
- H.R. 4155 (115th) Congressional Sexual Harassment Training Act
- H.R. 6681 (115th) Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 6951 (115th) Get the Lead Out of Schools Act
- H.Res. 457 (115th) Honoring the 169th anniversary of the first women's rights convention held in the United States in Seneca Falls, New York.
- H.Res. 565 (115th) Expressing support for the recognition of October 9, 2017, as "World Post Day".
- H.R. 3745 (115th) Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing 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.