House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 30, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 30, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1821.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 56, March 30, 2017, Page H2600):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1821, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1821
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
964742b6157b3d43cf63033195418a5f6b957360e7dd4cb81d84ef3e73219ec9
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. 1821, 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
14 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 14 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), John Culberson (R-TX), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton.
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.