House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protect and Grow American Jobs Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee actionNov 15, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2017 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 170.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H51):Article 1 Section 8 to establish an uniform Rule of NaturalizationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 170, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1bb90373ce2ecbd0a78091fbaf0727d0bf6510d0ef5f0568f4b98c9a4d41daa7
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. 170, 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
9 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Scott Peters (D-CA), Jared Polis (D-CO), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.
- H.R. 3996 (115th) Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act
- H.R. 4010 (115th) Congressional Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Act of 2017
- H.R. 21 (115th) Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017
- H.R. 6755 (115th) Judiciary ROOM Act of 2018
- H.R. 5344 (115th) To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions which were formerly classified to chapters 14 and 19 of…
- H.R. 6754 (115th) CIRCUIT Act of 2018
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.