House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Restoring Oversight for Members of Congress Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Jun 28, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6260.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 109, June 28, 2018, Page H5976):The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 294 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6260, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6260
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
31 cosponsors — 31 Democrats
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Ben Luján (D-NM), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Filemon Vela (D-TX) and 1 more.
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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.