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: May 15, 2018 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Johnson (GA) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1960, a bill originally introduced by Representative Slaughter of New York, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings under clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1960.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLAUGHTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 59, April 5, 2017, Page H2755):The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 98 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1960, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1960
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d0eb399695429107879af3a1fb67b0d6f51722e43df5af1cc28696fdf456358b
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. 1960, 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
96 cosponsors — 96 Democrats
0 of 96 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) and 66 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Louise Slaughter.
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- H.R. 2578 (115th) Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 2819 (115th) Political Intelligence Transparency Act of 2017
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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.