House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2017
- Committee actionNov 14, 2017
- Passed HouseFeb 8, 2018 · 280–131
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1153.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017” on January 22, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 14, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 22, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53497
- CBO publication date
- January 22, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1153, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1153
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-522 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on January 22, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 22, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/522
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1153, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1153
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c4ea28fe57fd97a859a82b9e14c36ddfe64b82dda5174822dd91c4fe18d04882
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 28, February 16, 2017, Page H1304):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1153, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1153
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c4ea28fe57fd97a859a82b9e14c36ddfe64b82dda5174822dd91c4fe18d04882
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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
17 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 17 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Mike Doyle (D-PA), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), David Joyce (R-OH), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Luke Messer (R-IN), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Ed Royce (R-CA), David Scott (D-GA), Steve Stivers (R-OH), David Trott (R-MI), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga.
- H.J.Res. 41 (115th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange…
- H.R. 477 (115th) Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017
- H.R. 6139 (115th) Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act
- H.R. 3131 (115th) Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act
- H.R. 4248 (115th) To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4785 (115th) American Customer Information Protection Act
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.