House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1734.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 53, March 27, 2017, Page H2464):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1734, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1734
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 December 5, 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
87 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 58 Democrats, 1 independent
59 of 87 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rod Blum (R-IA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), J. Correa (D-CA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), John Delaney (D-MD), Val Demings (D-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Faso (R-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), David Joyce (R-OH) and 57 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Young.
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- H.R. 460 (115th) Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017
- H.R. 2905 (115th) Justice for Victims of IRS Scams and Identity Theft Act of 2018
- H.Res. 1066 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions should be retained in…
- H.R. 1419 (115th) Cold War Service Medal 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.