House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2017
- Committee actionNov 2, 2017
- Passed HouseNov 7, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 8, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2601.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2601, Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2017” on November 3, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on November 2, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53285
- CBO publication date
- November 3, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2601, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-395 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 7, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/395
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2601, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4203c542e2c9c64f6bdcf01911a44e6e2bb86cef8e0870f818783bfed6aebc79
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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. DUNN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 89, May 23, 2017, Pages H4503-H4504):The Constitutional Authority on which this Bill rests is the power of Congress to make all law which are nessescary and proper pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 205 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2601, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4203c542e2c9c64f6bdcf01911a44e6e2bb86cef8e0870f818783bfed6aebc79
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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
32 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 32 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mike Bost (R-IL), J. Correa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Jody Hice (R-GA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Peter King (R-NY), Mia Love (R-UT), Luke Messer (R-IN), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Ed Royce (R-CA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Daniel Webster (R-FL) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2781 (115th) Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act
- H.R. 3223 (115th) Refund Rights for Taxpayers Act
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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.