House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Goodlatte R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 2017
- Committee actionMar 29, 2017
- Passed HouseApr 26, 2017 · 378–48
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2018 — Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-613.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1695.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1695, Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017” on March 31, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 29, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52566
- CBO publication date
- March 31, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1695, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1695
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 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. 115-91 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 20, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 20, 2017 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/91
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1695, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1695
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 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. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 51, March 23, 2017, Page H2370):Article I, Section 8, Clause 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2017 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1695, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1695
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 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
33 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 33 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ken Buck (R-CO), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Doug Collins (R-GA), John Conyers (D-MI), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Steve King (R-IA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Tom Marino (R-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ted Poe (R-TX), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Martha Roby (R-AL), Adam Schiff (D-CA) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Goodlatte.
- H.R. 954 (115th) To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5447 (115th) Music Modernization Act
- H.R. 732 (115th) Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017
- H.R. 5954 (115th) Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018
- H.R. 985 (115th) Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017
- H.R. 5 (115th) Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017
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.