House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
CONSENT Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5815.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAPUANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 79, May 15, 2018, Page H3978):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 63 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5815, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Capuano.
- H.R. 3093 (115th) Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act
- H.R. 376 (115th) Shareholder Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 3569 (115th) Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017
- H.R. 6326 (115th) Reunite Separated Families Act of 2018
- H.R. 2585 (115th) 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017
- H.R. 709 (115th) We Are Watching You Act of 2017
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.