House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
United States-India Enhanced Cooperation Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6506.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 125, July 25, 2018, Page H7687):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6506, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6506
- 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
10 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), George Holding (R-NC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Ted Poe (R-TX), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Wilson.
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- H.R. 2775 (115th) Employee Privacy Protection Act
- H.R. 846 (115th) Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act
- H.R. 355 (115th) Protecting American Families' Retirement Advice Act
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.