House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2017 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Gaetz asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as first sponsor of H.R. 296, a bill originally introduced by Representative Chaffetz, 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. 296.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 3, January 5, 2017, Page H182):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 296, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/296
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6cfae76f95845209f40c72d4d45766e74888cd6150dd94da9b702499e31de78d
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 296, last updated December 5, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Bill Posey (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz.
- H.R. 1694 (115th) Fannie and Freddie Open Records Act of 2017
- H.R. 391 (115th) Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 756 (115th) Postal Service Reform Act of 2017
- H.Res. 38 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that offices attached to the seat of Government should not be required to exercise…
- H.R. 1387 (115th) SOAR Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 392 (115th) Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants 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.