House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2659.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 91, May 25, 2017, Pages H4607-H4608):Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2659, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2659
- 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
23 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 19 Democrats
4 of 23 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Filemon Vela (D-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.