House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-157
To rename the Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center in Fargo, North Dakota, as the Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center.
Became law on Mar 27, 2018.
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Cramer R-NDWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2017
- Committee actionMay 3, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 17, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMar 14, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMar 20, 2018
- Became lawMar 27, 2018
Latest action: Mar 27, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-157.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2154.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2154, a bill to rename the Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center in Fargo, North Dakota, as the “Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center”” on May 8, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 3, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52696
- CBO publication date
- May 8, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2154, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2154
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ce00fa39559f82306944e8888c244306dc908bc71c46ea49294860c27deae978
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2154, a bill to rename the Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center in Fargo, North Dakota, as the “Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center”” on May 8, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 3, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52696
- CBO publication date
- May 8, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2154, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2154
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ce00fa39559f82306944e8888c244306dc908bc71c46ea49294860c27deae978
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-125 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on May 16, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/125
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2154, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2154
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ce00fa39559f82306944e8888c244306dc908bc71c46ea49294860c27deae978
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRAMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 71, April 26, 2017, Page H2897):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is in section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 103 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2154, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2154
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ce00fa39559f82306944e8888c244306dc908bc71c46ea49294860c27deae978
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.