House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 2, 2017
- Committee actionMay 3, 2017
- Passed HouseJun 20, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 21, 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. 2283.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2283, DHS MORALE Act” on June 13, 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, June 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52807
- CBO publication date
- June 13, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2283, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2283
- 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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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 75, May 2, 2017, Page H3067):The United States Constitution Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, that Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 152 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2283, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dab3dc4bfe7abaf71b56f0d7571ba1a4c0ad311b2b0aa2db69f51e837011a246
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2283, last updated April 7, 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
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), James Langevin (D-RI), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Filemon Vela (D-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson.
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- H.R. 4176 (115th) Air Cargo Security Improvement Act of 2018
- H.R. 4895 (115th) Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act
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- H.R. 697 (115th) Department of Homeland Security Clearance Management and Administration Act
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.