House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2898.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. O'HALLERAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 100, June 13, 2017, Page H4913):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2898, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2898
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
198faf9493ca577133ecf8ffeed733791524c662bf2281d78948a98a8313d320
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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2898, last updated August 11, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom O'Halleran.
- H.R. 4032 (115th) Gila River Indian Community Federal Rights-of-Way, Easements and Boundary Clarification Act
- H.R. 5477 (115th) Rural DOCS Act
- H.Res. 876 (115th) Supporting the goal of increasing public school teacher pay and public education funding.
- H.R. 4608 (115th) SURVIVE Act
- H.R. 1951 (115th) NOPE Act
- H.R. 3879 (115th) Taxpayers DIME 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.