House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Madeleine Bordallo D-GUWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5697.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BORDALLO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 74, May 8, 2018, Page H3834):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 ofthe U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 91 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5697, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5697
- 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
20 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 14 Democrats
6 of 20 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), John Katko (R-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ed Royce (R-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Madeleine Bordallo.
- H.R. 5875 (115th) To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide…
- H.R. 6665 (115th) Offshore Wind for Territories Act
- H.Res. 1157 (115th) Reaffirming the strong commitment of the United States to the countries and territories of the Pacific Islands region.
- H.Res. 505 (115th) Condemning North Korea's threats against our citizens on Guam, reaffirming our unshakable commitment to the security of Guam, and for…
- H.R. 4179 (115th) LWCF Parity for Territories and DC Act
- H.R. 5996 (115th) Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2018
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.