House joint resolution · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-11
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Became law on Mar 27, 2017.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseFeb 2, 2017 · 236–187
- Passed SenateMar 6, 2017 · 49–48
- To the PresidentMar 16, 2017
- Became lawMar 27, 2017
Latest action: Mar 27, 2017 — Became Public Law No: 115-11.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 37.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 15, January 30, 2017, Page H746):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 37, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/37
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7145ae509e8a96ed20b0069e3b0818b964dba219054d8ecd0dfbe7096128f27c
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.
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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
17 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), David Roe (R-TN), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.
- H.R. 951 (115th) To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project.
- H.R. 3851 (115th) War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
- H.R. 4887 (115th) GREAT Act
- H.R. 50 (115th) Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2018
- H.Res. 835 (115th) Supporting robust relations with the State of Israel bilaterally and in multilateral fora upon seventy years of statehood, and for other…
- H.Res. 685 (115th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
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.