House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
FASTER Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2514.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 86, May 18, 2017, Page H4358):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2514, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2514
- 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
61 cosponsors — 61 Democrats
0 of 61 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Denny Heck (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV) and 31 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio.
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- H.R. 654 (115th) Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2017
- H.R. 3225 (115th) Oregon Tribal Economic Development Act
- H.Res. 437 (115th) Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession.
- H.R. 2150 (115th) Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here 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.