House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Electric CARS Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6274.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WELCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 109, June 28, 2018, Page H5976):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: 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.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 301 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6274, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6274
- 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.
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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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jared Polis (D-CO), David Price (D-NC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Darren Soto (D-FL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.