House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 25, 2018
- Committee actionSep 28, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2018 · without objection
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 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. 6886.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6886, HEARTS Act of 2018” on November 16, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on September 28, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 16, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54683
- CBO publication date
- November 16, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6886, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b51d5fc788d350c28b41381bf54bf005e91cee9361ff960f0a057b748624d2ae
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 158, September 25, 2018, Page H8885):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power 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.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 293 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6886, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b51d5fc788d350c28b41381bf54bf005e91cee9361ff960f0a057b748624d2ae
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 committee report (as of June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6886, last updated June 6, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Larry Bucshon (R-IN), John Larson (D-CT), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4547 (115th) Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018
- H.R. 2372 (115th) VETERAN Act
- H.R. 1101 (115th) Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017
- H.Res. 129 (115th) Calling on the Department of Defense, other appropriate elements of the Federal Government, and foreign governments to resolutely continue…
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.