House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2018 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6224.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HECK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 107, June 26, 2018, Page H5749):Clauses 3 and 18 of article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 26, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 76 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6224, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6224
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5084a6f47cd703fab41cd5602773fb31d75e1d17e3a98c67f65685bbeb3303f9
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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6224, last updated August 11, 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
17 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 5 Democrats
12 of 17 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), André Carson (D-IN), Mike Coffman (R-CO), K. Conaway (R-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), James Himes (D-CT), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Ted Poe (R-TX), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Michael Turner (R-OH), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Denny Heck.
- H.R. 3906 (115th) Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018
- H.R. 5216 (115th) DISARM Act
- H.R. 3129 (115th) ADVANCE Act
- H.R. 6944 (115th) Clean Water Through Green Infrastructure Act
- H.Res. 383 (115th) To express support for recognition of June 2017 as National Orca Protection Month.
- H.Res. 959 (115th) To express support for recognition of June 2018 as National Orca Protection Month.
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.