House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 3, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6649.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DEUTCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 131, August 3, 2018, Page H7742):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 3, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6649, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6649
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31470a67702a55e8e90c846771876878112cb9c15200d9e56e488293ae75de47
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
29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), James Himes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Scott Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), 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.