House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Promoting Life-Saving New Therapies for Neonates Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 26, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2641.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 90, May 24, 2017, Page H4570):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, which states ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 202 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2641, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2641
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
37 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 23 Democrats
23 of 37 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Ben Luján (D-NM), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Scott Peters (D-CA), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), David Price (D-NC) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Billy Long.
- H.R. 5275 (115th) Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act
- H.R. 3767 (115th) Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017
- H.R. 4575 (115th) Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2017
- H.R. 4828 (115th) CURD Act
- H.R. 3141 (115th) Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2017
- H.R. 4191 (115th) HHS Cybersecurity Modernization 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.