House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-305
PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018
Became law on Dec 11, 2018.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 3, 2018
- Committee actionSep 27, 2018
- Passed HouseNov 13, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 28, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 30, 2018
- Became lawDec 11, 2018
Latest action: Dec 11, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-305.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6651.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6651, PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018” on October 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 27, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54568
- CBO publication date
- October 11, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6651, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6651
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1014 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on November 9, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 9, 2018 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6651, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6651
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 131, August 3, 2018, Page H7742):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 3, 2018 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6651, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6651
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
13 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 13 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), David Reichert (R-WA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ed Royce (R-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
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.