House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Puerto Rico Economic Empowerment Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón R-PRWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 25, 2018 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5975.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 87, May 25, 2018, Page H4732):Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.'' Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular state.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 556 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5975, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5975
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5975, last updated December 5, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rob Bishop (R-UT), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón.
- H.R. 5869 (115th) Maritime Border Security Review Act
- H.R. 5938 (115th) Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018
- H.R. 6246 (115th) Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018
- H.R. 6809 (115th) Puerto Rico Integrity in Medicare Advantage Act
- H.R. 2021 (115th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to Puerto Rico and Virgin…
- H.R. 1403 (115th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in…
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.