House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
COMPROMISO Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 20, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6859.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SERRANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 156, September 20, 2018, Page H8739):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, which states that Congress shall have the power ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States or in any department or officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 336 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6859, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6859
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jose Serrano.
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- H.R. 4527 (115th) Stop HATE Act of 2017
- H.R. 3215 (115th) Public Housing Capital Repair Fund Act
- H.R. 2508 (115th) Child Citizen Protection Act
- H.R. 4251 (115th) Rebuilding Resilient Energy Systems Act of 2017
- H.R. 574 (115th) Cuba Reconciliation 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.