House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Connect America's Capital Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 13, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7298.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H10211):Article 1, Sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 17 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7298, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/7298
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23e17480c70cb71230f51f95df43a0e48e3c2ee5c3704d1906732da7560668bc
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. 7298, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dave Brat.
- H.R. 5889 (115th) Recognizing Early Childhood Trauma Related to Substance Abuse Act of 2018
- H.R. 2157 (115th) OCEAN Act
- H.R. 247 (115th) Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017
- H.R. 4340 (115th) American LAWS Act
- H.J.Res. 119 (115th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 1753 (115th) Opportunities for Fairness in Farming 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.