House joint resolution · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Relating to the disapproval of the proposed export to the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of certain defense articles.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 25, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 102.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMASH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 91, May 25, 2017, Page H4610):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 172 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 102, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/102
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
14 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 14 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), John Conyers (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Justin Amash.
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- H.R. 5142 (115th) Readable Legislation Act of 2018
- H.R. 5143 (115th) Searchable Legislation Act of 2018
- H.R. 3114 (115th) Export-Import Bank Termination Act
- H.R. 923 (115th) To repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
- H.R. 730 (115th) Equal Protection in Travel 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.