House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 24, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1854.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 57, April 3, 2017, Page H2629):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1854, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1854
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1ca1285fb3abb290bae818d34c74129293cccfc8cdfc0d0fc6f110d40769e81e
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. 1854, 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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Evan Jenkins.
- H.R. 3663 (115th) To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA…
- H.R. 3117 (115th) Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017
- H.R. 2501 (115th) CRIB Act
- H.J.Res. 11 (115th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.
- H.R. 4090 (115th) Fentanyl and Heroin Task Force Act
- H.R. 1976 (115th) Protecting the Second Amendment 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.