House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 2017
- Committee actionJun 27, 2017
- Passed HouseNov 1, 2017 · 232–188
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 2, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2936.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017” on September 8, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 27, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53079
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2936, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2936
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017” on October 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on October 4, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53243
- CBO publication date
- October 24, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2936, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2936
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
081480aee7c20894b6ce1a04006f3835ed81640c2bcb49380b344af3fca07697
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-370,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 115-370,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/370
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/370 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2936, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2936
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
081480aee7c20894b6ce1a04006f3835ed81640c2bcb49380b344af3fca07697
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 105, June 20, 2017, Page H4993):Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 20, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2936, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2936
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
081480aee7c20894b6ce1a04006f3835ed81640c2bcb49380b344af3fca07697
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
18 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 18 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Jason Smith (R-MO), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), David Valadao (R-CA), Greg Walden (R-OR).
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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.