House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2526.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JUDY CHU of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 86, May 18, 2017, Page H4358):Art. 1, Sec. 8 ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 197 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2526, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2526
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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 August 11, 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
36 cosponsors — 36 Democrats
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Al Lawson (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4944 (115th) Reuniting Families Act
- H.R. 7052 (115th) No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act of 2018
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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.