House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2578.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLAUGHTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 87, May 19, 2017, Page H4390):Article 1 Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2578, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2578
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
96e73e7407889a16bff23f1e65a4346c6aac8ee7ba42387f160731c561389514
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2578, 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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Tim Ryan (D-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Louise Slaughter.
- H.R. 1960 (115th) Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017
- H.R. 1094 (115th) Weekend Voting Act
- H.R. 1587 (115th) Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2017
- H.R. 3828 (115th) Patsy T. Mink Gender Equity in Education Act of 2017
- H.R. 2819 (115th) Political Intelligence Transparency Act of 2017
- H.Res. 251 (115th) Expressing support for designation of the weeks of April 9, 2017, through April 22, 2017, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning…
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.