House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-273
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2018
- Committee actionSep 13, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 25, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 11, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 24, 2018
- Became lawOct 31, 2018
Latest action: Oct 31, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-273.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6758.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6758, SUCCESS Act” on September 21, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary 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/54496
- CBO publication date
- September 21, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6758, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6758
- 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. 115-966 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 25, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/966
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6758, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6758
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
041a2661a46c003ab42902ed6ec9ce09cd7aa28db5ba232803a1b800c130ca61
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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. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 150, September 10, 2018, Page H8107):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States); and Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 (``To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries'') of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 511 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6758, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6758
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
041a2661a46c003ab42902ed6ec9ce09cd7aa28db5ba232803a1b800c130ca61
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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 — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 10 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), David Cicilline (D-RI), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Karen Handel (R-GA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Ann Wagner (R-MO).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Chabot.
- H.R. 535 (115th) Taiwan Travel Act
- H.R. 4743 (115th) Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018
- H.R. 2408 (115th) Protecting Girls' Access to Education Act
- H.R. 3170 (115th) Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2017
- H.R. 5044 (115th) Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act
- H.R. 79 (115th) HALOS 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.