House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

MGT Act

H.R. 2227Introduced Apr 28, 2017Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Where it went

IntroducedApr 28, 2017
Committee actionMay 2, 2017
Passed HouseMay 17, 2017 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 18, 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. 2227.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2227, MGT Act” on May 15, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 2, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2017 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52722
CBO publication date
May 15, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2227, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2227
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-129 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 17, 2017.
Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2227, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2227
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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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. HURD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 73, April 28, 2017, Page H2972):
Article I, Section IX, clause VII, of the United States
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2227, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2227
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2227, 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

18 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 10 Democrats

10 of 18 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.

Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Val Demings (D-FL), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Scott Taylor (R-VA), Kevin Yoder (R-KS).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Will Hurd.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-23 district

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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.