House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2018 — ASSUMING FRIST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. McKinley asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be the first sponsor of H.R. 1002, a bill originally introduced by Representative Dent, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1002.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 25, February 13, 2017, Page H1125):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1002, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1002
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
22f1908b9c64e83f33123b9b2229ac510afbf0fb2f0fe087b3d953cfa869486d
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. 1002, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
62 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 38 Democrats, 1 independent
38 of 62 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Chris Collins (R-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Ryan Costello (R-PA), John Delaney (D-MD), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Faso (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mike Kelly (R-PA) and 32 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Dent.
- H.R. 2998 (115th) Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.R. 5786 (115th) Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 1017 (115th) Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017
- H.R. 4007 (115th) To revise the quorum requirement for the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
- H.R. 548 (115th) Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017
- H.Res. 60 (115th) Expressing continued support for the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom and urging commencement of…
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.