House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 27, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6956.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 160, September 27, 2018, Page H9152):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6956, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
442aee29721fa8569d168125166e3670ad929e1e740e7663adc9c44bfa2e1feb
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6956, last updated August 11, 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
17 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 15 Democrats
2 of 17 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Robert Scott (D-VA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), David Valadao (R-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Peter Welch (D-VT).
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.