House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Nydia Velázquez D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2017
- Committee actionMar 9, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 1, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 3, 2017 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1366.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1366, U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017” on April 4, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 9, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52574
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1366, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1366
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- 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. 115-103 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 1, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/103
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1366, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1366
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
418b9278d8409a02652689ac44fce9754911fa6b905b71459c5e4fdff2645280
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 38, March 6, 2017, Page H1537):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1366, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1366
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
418b9278d8409a02652689ac44fce9754911fa6b905b71459c5e4fdff2645280
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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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Sean Duffy (R-WI), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Luke Messer (R-IN), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
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- H.R. 4792 (115th) Small Business Access to Capital After a Natural Disaster Act
- H.R. 5236 (115th) Main Street Employee Ownership Act of 2018
- H.R. 2740 (115th) Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)
- H.R. 2875 (115th) National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2017
- H.R. 5178 (115th) Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018
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.