House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2017
- Committee actionMay 17, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2018 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2561.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2561, POLICE Act of 2017” on June 1, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 17, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 1, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53924
- CBO publication date
- June 1, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2561, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b88ce58f2791c5d37fecad950a030af9ffad4a8e91022650e63e66c47972b61d
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 87, May 19, 2017, Page H4390):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2561, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b88ce58f2791c5d37fecad950a030af9ffad4a8e91022650e63e66c47972b61d
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 committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2561, 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
20 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Tom Cole (R-OK), Doug Collins (R-GA), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Jody Hice (R-GA), Stephen Knight (R-CA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), David Reichert (R-WA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trey Hollingsworth.
- H.R. 4279 (115th) Expanding Investment Opportunities Act
- H.R. 3179 (115th) Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act
- H.R. 4861 (115th) EQUAL Act of 2018
- H.R. 6177 (115th) Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2018
- H.R. 4439 (115th) Modernizing Credit Opportunities Act
- H.R. 4187 (115th) BLAST 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.