House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedFeb 15, 2017
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Latest action: May 24, 2018 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Brendan F. Boyle (PA) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be the first sponsor of H.R. 1094, a bill originally introduced by Representative Slaughter, 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. 1094.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLAUGHTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 27, February 15, 2017, Page H1245):Article I, Section IV of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1094, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1094
- 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.
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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
95 cosponsors — 95 Democrats
0 of 95 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA) and 65 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Louise Slaughter.
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- H.R. 3828 (115th) Patsy T. Mink Gender Equity in Education Act of 2017
- H.R. 2578 (115th) Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 2819 (115th) Political Intelligence Transparency Act of 2017
- H.Res. 251 (115th) Expressing support for designation of the weeks of April 9, 2017, through April 22, 2017, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning…
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.