House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 193.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H52):This legislation is authorized by Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution: ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 271 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 193, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/193
- 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), John Duncan (R-TN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Jason Smith (R-MO), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Rogers.
- H.R. 4577 (115th) Domestic Explosives Detection Canine Capacity Building Act of 2017
- H.R. 2470 (115th) Homeland Threat Assessment Act
- H.R. 4973 (115th) Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act
- H.R. 1813 (115th) Border Wall Funding Act of 2017
- H.R. 3841 (115th) SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2017
- H.R. 1182 (115th) Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Preservation Act of 2017
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.