House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1103.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DelBENE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 28, February 16, 2017, Page H1303):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1103, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1103
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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 August 11, 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
33 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 25 Democrats
8 of 33 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Denny Heck (D-WA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), James Langevin (D-RI), Rick Larsen (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ted Poe (R-TX), David Reichert (R-WA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jackie Speier (D-CA) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Suzan DelBene.
- H.R. 1675 (115th) National Landslide Preparedness Act
- H.Res. 405 (115th) Expressing support for the designation of June 26 as "LGBT Equality Day".
- H.R. 489 (115th) No Religious Registry Act of 2017
- H.R. 2827 (115th) Voices for Veterans Act
- H.R. 3443 (115th) Birth Control Privacy Act
- H.R. 1380 (115th) Timber Innovation 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.