House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2017
- Committee actionApr 26, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 2, 2017 · 229–197
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 3, 2017 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1180.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1180, Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017.” on April 27, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 26, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52668
- CBO publication date
- April 27, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1180, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1180
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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. 115-101 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 28, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 28, 2017 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/101
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1180, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1180
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ROBY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 28, February 16, 2017, Page H1305):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 16, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1180, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1180
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d55dc4a01eb3f5d8595f47538f327b59f501de555352eb6ba966bb5ff3bdf380
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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 — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mo Brooks (R-AL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Martha McSally (R-AZ), David Roe (R-TN), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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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.