House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Agricultural Trade Improvement Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 2, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 15, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7015.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CURBELO of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 163, October 2, 2018, Page H9415):U.S. CONST. art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 1 and 3 ``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 . . . ;'' and ``To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 2, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 344 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7015, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/7015
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fc620e944dedc676060379727e5369fc8696851900639f671c2cf6e9ddd298d9
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7015, last updated December 5, 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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Earl Carter (R-GA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Al Lawson (D-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carlos Curbelo.
- H.R. 2901 (115th) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Permanence Act of 2017
- H.R. 5192 (115th) Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act
- H.R. 5774 (115th) COACH Act of 2018
- H.R. 2842 (115th) Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act
- H.Res. 695 (115th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 1810 (115th) Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2017
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.