House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 16, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1227.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 34, February 27, 2017, Page H1355):The Constitution of the United States', Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3; and The Constitution of the United States', Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 148 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1227, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1227
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47a920271466936b86775da44be17b1ba6b8c0e623132fcaa563dffa1076abc0
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
39 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 33 Democrats, 1 other
33 of 39 cosponsors (85%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Denny Heck (D-WA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), David Joyce (R-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4553 (115th) Terrorist Screening and Targeting Review Act of 2017
- H.R. 5561 (115th) Barbara Johns Congressional Gold Medal 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.