House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 6, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 173.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THORNBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 1, January 6, 2015, Pages H48-H49):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 173, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/173
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86fd1326ccb21c2d63b08de488f7ba5beb5f6432ec6813e5556bdc343872870a
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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 173, last updated December 6, 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
79 cosponsors — 79 Republicans
0 of 79 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Rod Blum (R-IA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Paul Cook (R-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), John Culberson (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Kay Granger (R-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO) and 49 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Thornberry.
- H.R. 2130 (114th) Red River Private Property Protection Act
- H.R. 1735 (114th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
- H.R. 4909 (114th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
- H.Con.Res. 179 (114th) Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make certain corrections in the enrollment of S. 2943.
- H.Con.Res. 81 (114th) Providing for corrections to the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1735.
- H.Con.Res. 90 (114th) Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a technical correction in the enrollment of S. 1356.
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.