House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 30, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2018 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7209.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MITCHELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 189, November 30, 2018, Page H9758):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 30, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7209, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/7209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
56e562321d66a94638279ac37d303ffebdc2e32b4d4c38ee4ab158a0d588968b
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. 7209, 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
9 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Al Lawson (D-FL), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Tom Reed (R-NY), John Rutherford (R-FL), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Mitchell.
- H.R. 4921 (115th) STB Information Security Improvement Act
- H.R. 1009 (115th) OIRA Insight, Reform, and Accountability Act
- H.Con.Res. 149 (115th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make certain corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 4174.
- H.R. 6891 (115th) The Anti-Deficiency Reform and Enforcement Act of 2018
- H.R. 2434 (115th) College Transparency Act
- H.R. 4942 (115th) BUILDS Act
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.