House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Defend Israel Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 6, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2062.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 60, April 6, 2017, Page H2792):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3 of the United States Constituion, respectively providing the implicit power to spend and the explicit power to regulate commerce with foreign nations.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 188 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2062, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2062
- 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
18 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 10 Democrats
8 of 18 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Ted Poe (R-TX), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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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.