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: Oct 10, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6957.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROKITA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 160, September 27, 2018, Page H9152):Article I, Section 3. ``The Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 77 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6957, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6957
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54f6b320af08e598989487f8a28800ae98b6effb483ed03e4b506e6f058dfb46
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. 6957, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Steve Russell (R-OK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Todd Rokita.
- H.J.Res. 57 (115th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of…
- H.R. 986 (115th) Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017
- H.R. 1444 (115th) Voluntary Protection Program Act
- H.R. 352 (115th) State Health Flexibility Act of 2017
- H.R. 4915 (115th) SLAP Act of 2018
- H.R. 5012 (115th) Creating Real and Useful Middle-Class Benefits and Savings (CRUMBS) Act of 2018
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.