House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Burn Pits Accountability Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 2, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5671.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GABBARD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 71, May 1, 2018, Page H3746):The United State Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5671, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5671
- 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
147 cosponsors — 59 Republicans, 87 Democrats, 1 independent
59 of 147 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Comer (R-KY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and 117 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
- H.R. 3671 (115th) Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act
- H.R. 6495 (115th) Marijuana Data Collection Act
- H.R. 4328 (115th) Honoring World War I Memorials Act of 2017
- H.R. 4949 (115th) Civil Defense Accountability Act of 2018
- H.R. 6474 (115th) AG RESEARCH Act
- H.Res. 861 (115th) Supporting the President's diplomatic efforts on the Korean Peninsula.
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.