House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)
Sponsor: Rep. Nydia Velázquez D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseNov 13, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 14, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2740.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 91, May 25, 2017, Page H4610):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2740, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2740
- 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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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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
296 cosponsors — 125 Republicans, 169 Democrats, 2 independents
126 of 296 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ted Budd (R-NC) and 266 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
- H.R. 4463 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in New York, New York, as the "Mabel Lee Memorial…
- H.R. 1366 (115th) U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 4792 (115th) Small Business Access to Capital After a Natural Disaster Act
- H.R. 5236 (115th) Main Street Employee Ownership Act of 2018
- H.R. 2875 (115th) National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2017
- H.R. 5178 (115th) Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018
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.