House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 16, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1570.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HASTINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 46, March 16, 2017, Page H2149):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1570, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1570
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
880c51ffc685f5e49c9c3b96d7f851cb1baf09077ff419a4679c02e98c69a7d6
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. 1570, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Anthony Brown (D-MD), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alcee Hastings.
- H.Res. 401 (115th) Urging all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade
- H.R. 1406 (115th) Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017
- H.Res. 30 (115th) Condemning the Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, and urging China to end the dog meat trade.
- H.Res. 393 (115th) Expressing support for addressing the Arab-Israeli conflict in a concurrent track with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and…
- H.Res. 680 (115th) Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Keiser University and recognizing the university as a vital institution of higher education…
- H.R. 159 (115th) To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop…
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.