House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2017
- Committee actionJul 25, 2017
- Passed HouseOct 3, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 4, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1624.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1624, Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017” on September 13, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 25, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53100
- CBO publication date
- September 13, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1624, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1624
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39657b990247330a5886146546c4a6e799d319786299df0c8de034106337c9e3
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-306 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on September 12, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/306
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1624, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1624
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39657b990247330a5886146546c4a6e799d319786299df0c8de034106337c9e3
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MESSER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 48, March 20, 2017, Page H2240):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 20, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1624, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1624
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39657b990247330a5886146546c4a6e799d319786299df0c8de034106337c9e3
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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
19 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 11 Democrats, 1 independent
12 of 19 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), John Delaney (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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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.