House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Jobs and Trade Competitiveness Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 26, 2017 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2756.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PASCRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 92, May 26, 2017, Page H4615):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect duties and to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 26, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 190 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2756, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2756
- 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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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.
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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
28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Ben Luján (D-NM), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Peter Visclosky (D-IN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
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.