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 31, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1844.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 56, March 30, 2017, Page H2601):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1844, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1844
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1844, last updated August 11, 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
32 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 20 Democrats, 1 independent
11 of 32 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.
Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), David McKinley (R-WV), Grace Meng (D-NY), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Scott Peters (D-CA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jared Polis (D-CO), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
- H.R. 5605 (115th) Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act
- H.R. 3258 (115th) Marketplace Certainty Act
- H.R. 4114 (115th) Environmental Justice Act of 2017
- H.R. 5060 (115th) Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018
- H.R. 2575 (115th) BENES Act of 2017
- H.R. 1622 (115th) Wounded Veterans Recreation 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.