House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2017
- Committee actionMay 3, 2017
- Passed HouseJun 21, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2131.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2131, Fixing Internal Response to Misconduct Act” on June 7, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 3, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52793
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2131, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 70, April 25, 2017, Page H2847):US Const. art I, sec 8, cl 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 29 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2131, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1fa8975553e70a3407b5de654db1c382f6eb486892179920bda2432d4f7ba07e
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2131, last updated April 7, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Clay Higgins.
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- H.R. 5693 (115th) Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
- H.R. 1252 (115th) DHS Acquisition Authorities Act of 2017
- H.Res. 990 (115th) Supporting the officers and personnel who carry out the important mission of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- H.R. 5242 (115th) School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018
- H.R. 3285 (115th) Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization 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.