House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Visa and Protection Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 5, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1405.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 39, March 7, 2017, Page H1595):U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. l and 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 38 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1405, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1405
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0757a6ac429f04af8bbc6f6ac7189bae1c7c70bcd8a507df08d81701e31ff9e8
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
65 cosponsors — 65 Democrats
0 of 65 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), John Lewis (D-GA), Ted Lieu (D-CA) and 35 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
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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.