House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 2017
- Committee actionMar 28, 2017
- Passed HouseApr 27, 2017 · 425–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1694.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1694, Fannie and Freddie Open Records Act 2017” on April 21, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 28, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 21, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52658
- CBO publication date
- April 21, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1694, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-93 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 24, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/93
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1694, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 51, March 23, 2017, Page H2370):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1694, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rod Blum (R-IA), James Comer (R-KY), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Steve Russell (R-OK), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1387 (115th) SOAR Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 392 (115th) Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017
- H.R. 1062 (115th) GPS 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.