House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Employee Privacy Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 6, 2017
- Committee actionJun 29, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 2017 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 235.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2775.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act” on July 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 29, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52967
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2775, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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. 115-325 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on September 25, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2017 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/325
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2775, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 96, June 6, 2017, Page H4647):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 6, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2775, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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
15 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Steve King (R-IA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Luke Messer (R-IN), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Scott Perry (R-PA), David Roe (R-TN), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Wilson.
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- H.R. 2521 (115th) South Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 2017
- H.R. 846 (115th) Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act
- H.R. 355 (115th) Protecting American Families' Retirement Advice Act
- H.R. 6506 (115th) United States-India Enhanced Cooperation 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.