House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6805.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BASS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 153, September 13, 2018, Page H8727):Article 1, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, providing--``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 222 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6805, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6805
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6805, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
84 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 66 Democrats, 1 independent
17 of 84 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Diane Black (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH) and 54 more.
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.