House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2660.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 91, May 25, 2017, Page H4608):Article III, Section 1 gives Congress the power to ``ordain and establish'' inferior Courts.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 92 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2660, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
92f8c6e58b50a72a8cdc6e8a7e29c426a87aa41e69c88640358eb906c97d5821
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. 2660, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Dave Brat (R-VA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gary Palmer.
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- H.R. 5300 (115th) Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018
- H.R. 850 (115th) Agency Accountability Act of 2017
- H.R. 637 (115th) Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2017
- H.R. 3966 (115th) Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief 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.