House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
To amend titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to improve and enhance authorities relating to the employment, use, status, and benefits of military technicians (dual status), and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ralph Abraham R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1777.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ABRAHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 55, March 29, 2017, Page H2559):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 29, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 86 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1777, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1777
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 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 4, 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
73 cosponsors — 60 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 73 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blum (R-IA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Garret Graves (R-LA), Tom Graves (R-GA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jody Hice (R-GA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) and 43 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Abraham.
- H.R. 2941 (115th) Kisatchie National Forest Land Conveyance Act
- H.R. 1224 (115th) NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017
- H.R. 639 (115th) Electronic Notification Improvement Act of 2017
- H.R. 6932 (115th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms under the Medicare program.
- H.R. 6272 (115th) Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act
- H.R. 5016 (115th) Revitalize Rural America 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.