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: Sep 12, 2018 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Lance asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2926, a bill originally introduced by Representative Meehan, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2926.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 102, June 15, 2017, Page H4939):This bill is enacted pursuant to: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2926, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2926
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4dbcf2d5175245cc534da97c56445d32c125577150b94f8e2a8dc241f8ce5507
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. 2926, 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
31 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 31 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Faso (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), J. Hill (R-AR), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Tom Marino (R-PA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.