House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2018
- Committee actionSep 13, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 27, 2018 · 260–156
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6756.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6756, American Innovation Act of 2018” on September 21, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 13, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 21, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54493
- CBO publication date
- September 21, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6756, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6756
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. 115-957 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 24, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/957
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6756, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6756
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6166b3b2a55662264ad76a66dca6b1efa29663b04ef38d3ce982c1823a198ecb
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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. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 150, September 10, 2018, Page H8107):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6756, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6756
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6166b3b2a55662264ad76a66dca6b1efa29663b04ef38d3ce982c1823a198ecb
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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
26 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Ron Estes (R-KS), George Holding (R-NC), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Tom Reed (R-NY), David Reichert (R-WA), James Renacci (R-OH), Tom Rice (R-SC), Peter Roskam (R-IL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Jason Smith (R-MO), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
- H.R. 115 (115th) Thin Blue Line Act
- H.R. 6720 (115th) Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2018
- H.R. 113 (115th) Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2017
- H.R. 112 (115th) Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2017
- H.R. 253 (115th) Family First Prevention Services Act of 2017
- H.R. 111 (115th) Support Our Start-Ups 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.