House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Dwight Evans D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2017
- Committee actionMar 14, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 10, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2018 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2655.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2655, Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017” on April 19, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 14, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53780
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2655, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2655
- 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. 115-660 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on May 1, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 1, 2018 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/660
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2655, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2655
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
92e7fce07677d705ed0eb166d0b0aef5825aec4a6ea58b5b8103cf285ed73dda
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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. EVANS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 91, May 25, 2017, Page H4607):Article I, Section 8, Clause 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2017 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2655, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2655
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
92e7fce07677d705ed0eb166d0b0aef5825aec4a6ea58b5b8103cf285ed73dda
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dwight Evans.
- H.R. 6347 (115th) 7(a) Real Estate Appraisal Harmonization Act
- H.R. 1702 (115th) Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018
- H.R. 2780 (115th) To amend the Small Business Act to create certain requirements for Federal agencies with a SBIR or STTR program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3532 (115th) No Conflict of Interest Presidency Act of 2017
- H.R. 5512 (115th) To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a grant program to address rising costs of tax compliance…
- H.R. 922 (115th) Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2017
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.