House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1310.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 37, March 2, 2017, Page H1530):Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1310, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1310
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1019deac5d98ffb4adb00b18a126098e81a37420e3e3c7e6a26111f94d37e738
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. 1310, 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
30 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 25 Democrats
5 of 30 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Val Demings (D-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Al Lawson (D-FL), John Lewis (D-GA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Filemon Vela (D-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
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.