House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1062.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 27, February 15, 2017, Page H1244):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3, and the 4th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 96 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1062, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1062
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1062, last updated December 5, 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
John Conyers (D-MI), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Mark Sanford (R-SC), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz.
- H.R. 1694 (115th) Fannie and Freddie Open Records Act of 2017
- H.R. 391 (115th) Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 756 (115th) Postal Service Reform Act of 2017
- H.Res. 38 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that offices attached to the seat of Government should not be required to exercise…
- H.R. 1387 (115th) SOAR Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 392 (115th) Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants 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.