House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2983.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAPTUR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 106, June 21, 2017, Page H5049):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (related to the general Welfare of the United States).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2983, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2983
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 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 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2983, last updated December 4, 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
34 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent, 1 other
17 of 34 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Chris Collins (R-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), David Joyce (R-OH), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Robert Latta (R-OH), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Sander Levin (D-MI), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marcy Kaptur.
- H.R. 2787 (115th) Vet HP Act
- H.R. 790 (115th) Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2017
- H.J.Res. 26 (115th) No Congressional Consent for President Donald J. Trump To Accept Foreign Emoluments of Any Kind Whatsoever
- H.R. 2412 (115th) Keep Our Pension Promises Act
- H.Res. 926 (115th) Condemning Russian transgressions against international law and FIFA values during the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
- H.R. 6249 (115th) REFUSE Act
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.