House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Vulnerable Children and Families Act of 2017
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 Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2532.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GRANGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 86, May 18, 2017, Page H4359):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution that the Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 333 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2532, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2532
- 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
11 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 11 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), James McGovern (D-MA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Steve Russell (R-OK), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kay Granger.
- H.R. 6157 (115th) Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 3219 (115th) Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.R. 769 (115th) Safeguard Israel Act of 2017
- H.R. 5135 (115th) Securing Children in Schools Act of 2018
- H.R. 4877 (115th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 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.