House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Innocent Sellers Fairness 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 6, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1118.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 28, February 16, 2017, Page H1303):Clauses 3, 9, and 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution of the United States, and the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 152 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1118, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1118
- 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Coffman (R-CO), John Duncan (R-TN), Kristi Noem (R-SD), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Blake Farenthold.
- H.R. 2846 (115th) Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2018
- H.R. 659 (115th) Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017
- H.R. 906 (115th) Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017
- H.R. 5253 (115th) Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018
- H.R. 256 (115th) Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
- H.R. 3108 (115th) Protecting Honest Fishermen 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.