House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting JOBs Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 19, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6156.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FERGUSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 103, June 20, 2018, Page H5362):Article I, Section 8, To make rules for the government and regulation of land and naval forcesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 94 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6156, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6156
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Seth Moulton (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. A. Ferguson.
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- H.R. 1919 (115th) Child Tax Credit Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 3055 (115th) Freedom from Union Identity Theft Act
- H.R. 3056 (115th) Freedom from Union Stalking Act
- H.R. 5324 (115th) Supporting Teachers and Safe Students 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.