House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1447.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAYLOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 41, March 9, 2017, Page H2019):Article 1, Section 8 The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; To provide for the…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 2,556 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1447, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 1447, 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
104 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 87 Democrats
87 of 104 cosponsors (84%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Val Demings (D-FL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and 74 more.
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.