House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Filemon Vela D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 2, 2017
- Committee actionMay 3, 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. 2281.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2281, Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017” on May 15, 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, May 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52724
- CBO publication date
- May 15, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2281, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2281
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-122 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security 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/122
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2281, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2281
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VELA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 75, May 2, 2017, Page H3067):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2017 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2281, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2281
- 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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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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Filemon Vela.
- H.R. 4578 (115th) Counter Terrorist Network Act
- H.R. 4940 (115th) Border and Port Security Act
- H.R. 3375 (115th) Javier Vega, Jr. Memorial Act of 2017
- H.R. 7028 (115th) DHS Body-Worn Camera Act of 2018
- H.R. 6078 (115th) To provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the…
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.