House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 16, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2917.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 102, June 15, 2017, Page H4938):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (relating to regulation of Commerce among the several states.)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2917, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2917
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29e947fb6f7d233686f3707f295b6416b585b8677dbfbdec94207f1dce1929f9
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. 2917, 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Republicans
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chris Collins (R-NY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Sam Graves (R-MO), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Steve King (R-IA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Thomas Massie (R-KY), David McKinley (R-WV), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Scott Perry (R-PA), Todd Rokita (R-IN), David Rouzer (R-NC), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Gibbs.
- H.R. 5868 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 530 Claremont Avenue in Ashland, Ohio, as the "Bill Harris Post…
- H.R. 7279 (115th) Water Infrastructure Improvement Act
- H.R. 953 (115th) Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017
- H.Res. 152 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that clean water is a national priority, and that the June 29, 2015, Waters of the…
- H.R. 1045 (115th) Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2017
- H.R. 465 (115th) Water Quality Improvement 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.