House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 11, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2272.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 74, May 1, 2017, Page H3003):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2272, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2272
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e61bf9b8342d864af1d60050e165462ebbe2dda11329421cdf1a1f4f746d1767
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 December 5, 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
52 cosponsors — 52 Democrats
0 of 52 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), William Keating (D-MA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), James Langevin (D-RI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), A. McEachin (D-VA) and 22 more.
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.