House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2018

H.R. 6018Introduced Jun 6, 2018Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJun 6, 2018
Committee actionSep 27, 2018
Passed HouseNov 13, 2018 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 14, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6018.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6018, Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2018” on October 25, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 27, 2018”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 25, 2018 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54630
CBO publication date
October 25, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6018, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 93, June 6, 2018, Page H4849):
Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 6, 2018 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6018, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6018
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 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

18 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 5 Democrats

5 of 18 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.

Steve Chabot (R-OH), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), William Keating (D-MA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Scott Perry (R-PA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Steve Russell (R-OK), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Ann Wagner (R-MO).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-10 district

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