House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2612.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 89, May 23, 2017, Page H4504):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2612, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2612
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
14799ff83cebea254d326d8ad8d92a62d970f8a242c941742c5bc10a626873d9
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. 2612, 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
14 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 13 Democrats
1 of 14 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Al Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Robert Scott (D-VA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Lewis.
- H.R. 267 (115th) Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017
- H.R. 12 (115th) Voter Empowerment Act of 2017
- H.R. 2640 (115th) Every Child Deserves a Family Act
- H.Res. 455 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on Nelson Mandela International Day.
- H.R. 6525 (115th) Higher Education Dream Act of 2018
- H.Res. 641 (115th) Recognizing the 150th Anniversary of Morehouse College and its contributions to the United States and the world.
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.