House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. John Conyers D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 15, 2018 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Norcross asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 138, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 138.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONYERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H50):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 138, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/138
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
45b035daa5a05ea0d4fb967d90473185bb11c945ae86aac725fe07b7b7cc64f9
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 December 10, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA).
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.