House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1295.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SIRES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 36, March 1, 2017, Page H1464):Pursuant to clause 3(d) of rules XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee finds the authority for this legislation in article I, section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 183 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1295, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1295
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
313d7a7801a2a8cee5b76212c4ae45fa0b45e01e18cbdee97b8468b57c605168
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. 1295, 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
26 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 18 Democrats
8 of 26 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), James Cooper (D-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Walter Jones (R-NC), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ted Poe (R-TX), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX), David Young (R-IA), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
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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.