House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2017
- Committee actionApr 27, 2017
- Passed HouseJun 28, 2017 · 423–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2018 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 371.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1500.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1500, Robert Emmet Park Act of 2017” on May 8, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 27, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52695
- CBO publication date
- May 8, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1500, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1500
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
413097860d9245b7dc80e6572cb6d340cd7fc1a6214bb5404b925519ae8e04d1
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1500, Robert Emmet Park Act of 2017” on March 22, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 8, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53681
- CBO publication date
- March 22, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1500, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1500
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
413097860d9245b7dc80e6572cb6d340cd7fc1a6214bb5404b925519ae8e04d1
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-114 ↗; S. Rept. 115-223 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/114
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/223 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1500, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1500
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
413097860d9245b7dc80e6572cb6d340cd7fc1a6214bb5404b925519ae8e04d1
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CROWLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 42, March 10, 2017, Page H2053):Article I Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1500, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1500
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
413097860d9245b7dc80e6572cb6d340cd7fc1a6214bb5404b925519ae8e04d1
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1500, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 34 (115th) Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 39 (115th) Electing a Member to a certain standing Committee of the House of Representatives.
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.