House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act
Sponsor: Rep. Ralph Abraham R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 16, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6272.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ABRAHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 109, June 28, 2018, Page H5976):Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 63 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6272, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6272
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
04e04f7568048375c112355cd1038ccbab6d529c3f3016d8daf07f1941bcf5e4
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.
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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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Ryan Costello (R-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Garret Graves (R-LA), Tom Marino (R-PA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Abraham.
- H.R. 2941 (115th) Kisatchie National Forest Land Conveyance Act
- H.R. 1224 (115th) NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017
- H.R. 1777 (115th) To amend titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to improve and enhance authorities relating to the employment, use, status, and benefits of…
- H.R. 639 (115th) Electronic Notification Improvement Act of 2017
- H.R. 6932 (115th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms under the Medicare program.
- H.R. 5016 (115th) Revitalize Rural America Act of 2018
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.