House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2018 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6046)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6246.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 108, June 27, 2018, Page H5816):Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution ``New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.'' Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 738 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6246, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6246
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- 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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6246, 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
58 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 32 Democrats
32 of 58 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Anthony Brown (D-MD), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Val Demings (D-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Gene Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), John Katko (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), James Langevin (D-RI) and 28 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón.
- H.R. 5869 (115th) Maritime Border Security Review Act
- H.R. 5938 (115th) Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018
- H.R. 6809 (115th) Puerto Rico Integrity in Medicare Advantage Act
- H.R. 2021 (115th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to Puerto Rico and Virgin…
- H.R. 5975 (115th) Puerto Rico Economic Empowerment Act of 2018
- H.R. 1403 (115th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in…
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.