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 Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2918.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BANKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 102, June 15, 2017, Page H4938):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 38 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2918, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2918
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 5, 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
33 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 33 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Earl Carter (R-GA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Tom Graves (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Luke Messer (R-IN), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Pete Olson (R-TX), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Keith Rothfus (R-PA) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Banks.
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- H.R. 5199 (115th) Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018
- H.Res. 675 (115th) Condemning the Government of Iran for its violence against demonstrators and calling for peaceful resolution to the concerns of the…
- H.R. 3694 (115th) Future of the Nunn-Lugar Program Act of 2017
- H.J.Res. 89 (115th) Authorization for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
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.