House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Lady Liberty Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6909.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 159, September 26, 2018, Page H9091):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 57 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6909, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6909
- 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
66 cosponsors — 66 Democrats
0 of 66 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Al Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA) and 36 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.