House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Garret Graves R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2017 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2023.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 60, April 6, 2017, Page H2791):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2023, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2023
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d493cafa81ed0a4f41715633a41b5f2fe323eca44489ecf0e0c583f129a5678
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
24 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 24 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Joe Barton (R-TX), Ted Budd (R-NC), Earl Carter (R-GA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Gene Green (D-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jody Hice (R-GA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Billy Long (R-MO), Pete Olson (R-TX), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Austin Scott (R-GA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Fred Upton (R-MI), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Garret Graves.
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- H.R. 3076 (115th) CASES Act
- H.R. 3588 (115th) RED SNAPPER Act
- H.R. 6771 (115th) Domestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 2018
- H.R. 2996 (115th) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Reform 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.