House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. David Trott R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 7, 2017 — Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1849.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TROTT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 57, April 3, 2017, Page H2629):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1849, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1849
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84196068f30c4c274d55c53c8bf806f57349bf27f2a1c1650ee2d95a7078a100
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.
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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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Alexander Mooney (R-WV).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Trott.
- H.R. 2396 (115th) Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act
- H.R. 3317 (115th) SAFE Act of 2017
- H.R. 2255 (115th) HOME Act
- H.R. 6413 (115th) STOP Organ Trafficking Act
- H.Res. 220 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding past genocides, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 346 (115th) Congressional Integrity 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.