House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2018
- Committee actionJun 28, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 12, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 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. 6197.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6197, RAWR Act” on July 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 28, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54283
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6197, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6197
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
567e10b284259fe65aa81a3ad110a4d8f28187661e0c199274c3b06c1bee4b98
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. DONOVAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 105, June 22, 2018, Page H5581):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6197, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6197
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
567e10b284259fe65aa81a3ad110a4d8f28187661e0c199274c3b06c1bee4b98
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. 6197, last updated April 7, 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 — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
5 of 6 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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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.