House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 28, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1762.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 54, March 28, 2017, Page H2517):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1762, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1762
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1acb0d6728d28990928ba8adfdffa70e2fd80a89edc6f1dfd492da55b34393bd
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1762, last updated December 5, 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
30 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 30 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), David Joyce (R-OH), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Luke Messer (R-IN), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
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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.