House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1507.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. O'ROURKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 42, March 10, 2017, Page H2053):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1507, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1507
- 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. 1507, 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
12 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 12 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Gene Green (D-TX), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Tom Rice (R-SC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Beto O'Rourke.
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.