House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. David Kustoff R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2017
- Committee actionNov 2, 2017
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2017 · 402–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 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. 1730.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1730, Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017” on November 21, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 2, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53339
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1730, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1730
- 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. 115-456 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 11, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/456
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1730, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1730
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c8cf9ec439943b0001a2e538dc3a8858548e3b76ee1c52b28f216a558bf01b64
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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. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 53, March 27, 2017, Page H2464):Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 312 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1730, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1730
- 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
50 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 33 Democrats
33 of 50 cosponsors (66%) are from the other party.
Diane Black (R-TN), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Duncan (R-TN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), J. Hill (R-AR), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Kustoff.
- H.R. 4768 (115th) National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act
- H.R. 4294 (115th) Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017
- H.R. 3221 (115th) Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act
- H.R. 5054 (115th) Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018
- H.R. 4903 (115th) COMBAT Act of 2018
- H.R. 3363 (115th) CLAIM 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.