House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Domestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 2018
- Committee actionSep 13, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2018 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 842.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6771.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6771, Domestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 2018” on December 17, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 13, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 17, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54886
- CBO publication date
- December 17, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6771, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6771
- 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. 115-1083 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 20, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 20, 2018 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1083
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6771, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6771
- 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. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 152, September 12, 2018, Page H8170):U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2018 ↗
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- Statement length
- 155 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6771, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6771
- 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
12 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 12 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Gene Green (D-TX), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Randy Weber (R-TX).
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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.