House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
KITTEN Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5780.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 77, May 11, 2018, Page H3935):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5780, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5780
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54e9d2870e34276c2ae195379896b5936701aa29364b8890e4b74af634c6b6d
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
61 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 46 Democrats, 1 independent
46 of 61 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Gene Green (D-TX), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Katko (R-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and 31 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bishop.
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- H.R. 5788 (115th) STOP Act of 2018
- H.R. 4107 (115th) USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal 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.