House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2017
- Committee actionJul 27, 2017
- Passed HouseOct 3, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 4, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2408.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2408, Protecting Girls’ Access to Education Act” on September 8, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 27, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53085
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2408, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
437686f6f03f77b9ddf492a728476c94f3ad052bcc0d4dc3fea58208b0769464
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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. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 82, May 11, 2017, Page H4190):Congress has the ability to authorize the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to advance ongoing efforts for programs that are in the best interest of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 232 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2408, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
437686f6f03f77b9ddf492a728476c94f3ad052bcc0d4dc3fea58208b0769464
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2408, 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
50 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 37 Democrats
37 of 50 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Val Demings (D-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Chabot.
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- H.R. 4743 (115th) Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018
- H.R. 6758 (115th) SUCCESS Act
- H.R. 3170 (115th) Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2017
- H.R. 5044 (115th) Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act
- H.R. 79 (115th) HALOS 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.