House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Transportation and Logistics Hiring Reform Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1568.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 46, March 16, 2017, Page H2149):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1568, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1568
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 December 6, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ryan Costello (R-PA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jason Lewis (R-MN), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), David Rouzer (R-NC), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), David Young (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Duncan.
- H.R. 3469 (115th) To designate the bridge located in Blount County, Tennessee, on the Foothills Parkway (commonly known as "Bridge 2") as the "Dean Stone…
- H.Res. 35 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives relating to automated external defibrillator (AED) education in the Nation's schools
- H.R. 73 (115th) Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2017
- H.R. 1339 (115th) Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017
- H.R. 860 (115th) HEALTHIER Act of 2017
- H.R. 3009 (115th) Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017
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.