House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 1, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5991.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CROWLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 90, June 1, 2018, Page H4738):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 1, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5991, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4bfe9703ac559b9a5fcb651b6d4a9d978fb7ca50a8082804942175d1a9ee6286
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. 5991, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Crowley.
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- H.R. 1500 (115th) Robert Emmet Park Act of 2017
- H.Res. 127 (115th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 25 (115th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 34 (115th) Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House of Representatives.
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.