House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
AG RESEARCH Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 16, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6474.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GABBARD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 123, July 23, 2018, Page H6650):U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare Clause) and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause), Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 (Property)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 192 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6474, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6474
- 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
- H.R. 5671 (115th) Burn Pits Accountability Act
- H.R. 3671 (115th) Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act
- H.R. 6495 (115th) Marijuana Data Collection Act
- H.R. 4328 (115th) Honoring World War I Memorials Act of 2017
- H.R. 4949 (115th) Civil Defense Accountability Act of 2018
- H.Res. 861 (115th) Supporting the President's diplomatic efforts on the Korean Peninsula.
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.