House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2498.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 85, May 17, 2017, Page H4312):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2498, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2498
- 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.
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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
87 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 85 Democrats
2 of 87 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and 57 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Gottheimer.
- H.R. 6428 (115th) Frank Leone Post Office Act
- H.R. 4925 (115th) FRA Safety Data Improvement Act
- H.R. 6323 (115th) Senior Security Act of 2018
- H.R. 2240 (115th) U.S.-Israel Joint Missile Defense Act
- H.R. 6518 (115th) Miranda's Law
- H.R. 6056 (115th) Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act 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.