House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Democratic Republic of the Congo Democracy and Accountability Act of 2018

H.R. 6207Introduced Jun 25, 2018Policy area: International Affairs

Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJ

Where it went

IntroducedJun 25, 2018
Committee actionJun 28, 2018
Passed HouseNov 27, 2018 · 374–11
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 28, 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. 6207.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6207, Democratic Republic of the Congo Democracy and Accountability Act of 2018” on July 27, 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 27, 2018 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54317
CBO publication date
July 27, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6207, 115th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6207
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. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 106, June 25, 2018, Page H5648):
This resolution is enacted pursuant to the power granted in Congress under Article I, Section 1.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2018 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6207, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6207
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

21 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 16 Democrats

16 of 21 cosponsors (76%) are from the other party.

Karen Bass (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ed Royce (R-CA), Steve Russell (R-OK), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), John Yarmuth (D-KY).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-4 district

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