House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2018
- Committee actionJun 28, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2018 — Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5898.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5898, UNRWA Accountability Act of 2018” on July 27, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 28, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54308
- CBO publication date
- July 27, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5898, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5898
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
25c3907c6561fccf47a24e2f6c19cd166ba1b3a3c7ad2146ae3e79b6e2632bd1
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CICILLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 83, May 21, 2018, Page H4285):Article 1, section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5898, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5898
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
25c3907c6561fccf47a24e2f6c19cd166ba1b3a3c7ad2146ae3e79b6e2632bd1
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 committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5898, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2282 (115th) Equality 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.