House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. David Roe R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 3, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 4, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 28.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROE of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H46):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 28, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/28
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0ca1dfcf5b5e64e9a4c704a210428d0cbbf34249dd7381a7d1e8468e3efa8356
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 28, last updated December 5, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Roe.
- H.R. 3218 (115th) Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017
- H.R. 6621 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 530 East Main Street in Johnson City, Tennessee, as the "Major…
- H.R. 849 (115th) Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act
- H.R. 1259 (115th) VA Accountability First Act of 2017
- H.R. 1304 (115th) Self-Insurance Protection Act
- H.R. 1181 (115th) Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection 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.