House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
NOPE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 5, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1951.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. O'HALLERAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 59, April 5, 2017, Page H2755):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1951, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1951
- 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
7 cosponsors — 6 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom O'Halleran.
- H.R. 4032 (115th) Gila River Indian Community Federal Rights-of-Way, Easements and Boundary Clarification Act
- H.R. 5477 (115th) Rural DOCS Act
- H.Res. 876 (115th) Supporting the goal of increasing public school teacher pay and public education funding.
- H.R. 4608 (115th) SURVIVE Act
- H.R. 3879 (115th) Taxpayers DIME Act of 2017
- H.R. 2898 (115th) RAC Reform 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.