House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2017
- Committee actionSep 26, 2018
- Passed HouseJan 24, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 5, 2018 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 624.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 600.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 600, Digital Global Access Policy Act of 2018” on October 17, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on October 5, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 17, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54591
- CBO publication date
- October 17, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 600, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. ROYCE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 12, January 23, 2017, Page H608):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States of AmericaSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 600, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a0045dc06a24325cf57edcd1f112590ad78bce9615bc5b98456398b14845f697
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 600, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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 — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Eliot Engel (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1698 (115th) Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
- H.R. 3329 (115th) Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017
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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.