House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-411
Global Health Innovation Act of 2017
Became law on Jan 3, 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. Albio Sires D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2017
- Committee actionSep 28, 2017
- Passed HouseJan 18, 2018 · 423–3
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 27, 2018
- Became lawJan 3, 2019
Latest action: Jan 3, 2019 — Became Public Law No: 115-411.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1660.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1660, Global Health Innovation Act of 2017” on October 12, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 28, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53197
- CBO publication date
- October 12, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1660, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1660, Global Health Innovation Act of 2017” on March 23, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on March 20, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53692
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1660, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f25575da76cca2f464c419dc50f5eb13410158e71bb1295cafbaf9533efdde76
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SIRES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 49, March 21, 2017, Page H2288):Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee finds the authority for this legislation in article I, section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 185 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1660, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f25575da76cca2f464c419dc50f5eb13410158e71bb1295cafbaf9533efdde76
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 committee report (as of April 7, 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
19 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 11 Democrats
8 of 19 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), John Faso (R-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), David Reichert (R-WA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
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.