House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 8, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2436.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 84, May 16, 2017, Page H4223):Clause 1 of Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2436, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2436
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
860030a588912e503d18ef53e8417ba14f918ac825b3af35494d4ccf694d9a8d
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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2436, last updated August 11, 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
60 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 53 Democrats
7 of 60 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Faso (R-NY), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA) and 30 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 3705 (115th) Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017
- H.R. 2504 (115th) To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms.
- H.R. 3444 (115th) Food Recovery Act of 2017
- H.R. 2719 (115th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2017
- H.R. 3941 (115th) Local FARMS Act
- H.R. 1954 (115th) Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017
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.