House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Louise Slaughter D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2018 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. DeLauro asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1587 a bill originally introduced by former Representative Slaughter, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1587.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLAUGHTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 46, March 16, 2017, Page H2150):Aritcle I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1587, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1587
- 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. 1587, 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
50 cosponsors — 50 Democrats
0 of 50 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), Rick Larsen (D-WA), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Louise Slaughter.
- H.R. 1960 (115th) Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017
- H.R. 1094 (115th) Weekend Voting Act
- H.R. 3828 (115th) Patsy T. Mink Gender Equity in Education Act of 2017
- H.R. 2578 (115th) Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 2819 (115th) Political Intelligence Transparency Act of 2017
- H.Res. 251 (115th) Expressing support for designation of the weeks of April 9, 2017, through April 22, 2017, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning…
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.