House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Services for Older Youth in Foster Care Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Faso R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 20, 2017 · 391–8
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 21, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2847.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FASO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 98, June 8, 2017, Page H4820):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2847, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2847
- 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Tom Reed (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Faso.
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- H.R. 2292 (115th) To extend a project of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission involving the Cannonsville Dam.
- H.R. 5685 (115th) Medicare Opioid Safety Education Act of 2018
- H.R. 5420 (115th) FDR Historic Preservation Act
- H.R. 3808 (115th) Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017
- H.R. 3871 (115th) Organic Farmer and Consumer Protection Act of 2017
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.