House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2832.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JORDAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 98, June 8, 2017, Page H4819):The bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the States and to the people, in accordance with Amendment X of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 177 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2832, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2832
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5a54a316e60a039e28776c76460a300f69e785e11cff72113e98f53014cfc259
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 September 8, 2026). 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
79 cosponsors — 79 Republicans
0 of 79 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Dave Brat (R-VA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Michael Cloud (R-TX), James Comer (R-KY), John Curtis (R-UT), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and 49 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Jordan.
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.