House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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. 1168.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LOWEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 28, February 16, 2017, Page H1305):Article 1, Section 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1168, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1168
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1168, last updated August 11, 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
18 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 16 Democrats
2 of 18 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Rod Blum (R-IA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), William Keating (D-MA), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Tim Ryan (D-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey.
- H.R. 672 (115th) Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017
- H.R. 601 (115th) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017
- H.R. 671 (115th) HER Act
- H.R. 1438 (115th) Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act
- H.Res. 342 (115th) Recognizing the essential contributions of frontline health workers to strengthening the United States national security and economic…
- H.R. 7108 (115th) To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community clinic in New City, New York, as the "Jerry Donnellan VA Community Clinic".
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.