House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 6, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1627.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 48, March 20, 2017, Page H2240):Article 1 section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 20, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1627, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d24368750b93f5ff65aa737d2729027b303d642ce283e2ff95fab5bdaaafe950
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. 1627, 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
35 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 independent
7 of 35 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Faso (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Luke Messer (R-IN), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Jared Polis (D-CO), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), David Trott (R-MI), Fred Upton (R-MI), Filemon Vela (D-TX) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman.
- H.R. 5215 (115th) Veterans Affairs Purchase Card Misuse Mitigation Act
- H.R. 5418 (115th) Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act
- H.R. 2749 (115th) Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2017
- H.R. 6302 (115th) Cormorant Relief Act
- H.R. 4207 (115th) Small and Seasonal Business Relief Act
- H.R. 2806 (115th) Soo Locks Modernization Act
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.