House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Lift the Relocation Burden from Military Spouses Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where 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. 1796.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 55, March 29, 2017, Page H2560):Clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 29, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1796, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1796
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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 August 11, 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
39 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 39 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), John Delaney (D-MD), John Faso (R-NY), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Denny Heck (D-WA), James Himes (D-CT), Walter Jones (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Peter King (R-NY), James Langevin (D-RI), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), James McGovern (D-MA), Luke Messer (R-IN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Martha Roby (R-AL), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elise Stefanik.
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- H.R. 2482 (115th) Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2017
- H.R. 3770 (115th) Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2017
- H.Con.Res. 45 (115th) Expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the…
- H.R. 3513 (115th) Canadian Snowbird Visa 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.