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 Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2276.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICE of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 74, May 1, 2017, Page H3004):Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 199 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2276, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2276
- 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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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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2276, 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
33 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 33 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Delaney (D-MD), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), John Duncan (R-TN), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), John Larson (D-CT), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Bill Shuster (R-PA) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Rice.
- H.R. 1551 (115th) Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act
- H.R. 1179 (115th) Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act
- H.R. 3097 (115th) Holding SSA Employees Accountable Act
- H.R. 6291 (115th) Efficient Drug Disposal Act of 2018
- H.R. 3153 (115th) Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2017
- H.R. 6458 (115th) National Organ Transplant Act Amendments of 2018
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.