House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 5, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1955.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. REED, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 59, April 5, 2017, Page H2755):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1955, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1955
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
61175a2db7b1e7845c6bbe09d0d0e619bf2497c9236bb52e8d275230bbcfdca6
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
52 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 19 Democrats
19 of 52 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mike Bost (R-IL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Chris Collins (R-NY), James Comer (R-KY), Paul Cook (R-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), John Faso (R-NY), John Garamendi (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), H. Griffith (R-VA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Ron Kind (D-WI), Steve King (R-IA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), David Loebsack (D-IA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Richard Nolan (D-MN) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Reed.
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- H.R. 6077 (115th) National Comedy Center Recognition Act
- H.R. 1090 (115th) Technologies for Energy Security Act of 2017
- H.Res. 269 (115th) Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
- H.Con.Res. 84 (115th) Expressing support for designation of the first Friday of October as "Manufacturing Day".
- H.Res. 829 (115th) Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of "National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month".
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.