House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2017
- Committee actionSep 13, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2018 — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2899.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SENSENBRENNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 100, June 13, 2017, Page H4913):Article I , Section 8 ____________________Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2899, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2899
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d86fb17fc01723392a9b4931ebf06ccea2d8c3bd7116facb96b02aa9d55dbc80
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. 2899, 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
44 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 29 Democrats
29 of 44 cosponsors (66%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Doug Collins (R-GA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Jason Lewis (R-MN), Mia Love (R-UT), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Tom Marino (R-PA), Gwen Moore (D-WI) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
- H.R. 510 (115th) Rapid DNA Act of 2017
- H.R. 6896 (115th) United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2018
- H.R. 1188 (115th) Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2017
- H.R. 1689 (115th) Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 7164 (115th) To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.
- H.R. 5335 (115th) To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code.
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.