House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 8, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2856.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 98, June 8, 2017, Page H4820):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2856, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2856, last updated December 6, 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
141 cosponsors — 106 Republicans, 33 Democrats, 2 independents
34 of 141 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Rod Blum (R-IA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Ted Budd (R-NC), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Liz Cheney (R-WY), David Cicilline (D-RI), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Mike Coffman (R-CO), J. Correa (D-CA), John Culberson (R-TX), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL) and 111 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick McHenry.
- H.R. 1219 (115th) Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017
- H.R. 3299 (115th) Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017
- H.Con.Res. 107 (115th) Authorizing Reverend Billy Graham to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol.
- H.R. 350 (115th) RPM Act of 2017
- H.R. 782 (115th) Family Care Savings Act
- H.R. 3860 (115th) IRS Data Verification Modernization 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.