House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-83
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Became law on Nov 17, 2017.
Sponsor: Rep. Richard Hudson R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2017
- Committee actionOct 24, 2017
- Passed HouseJan 9, 2017 · 404–0
- Passed SenateOct 24, 2017 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 2, 2017
- To the PresidentNov 7, 2017
- Became lawNov 17, 2017
Latest action: Nov 17, 2017 — Became Public Law No: 115-83.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 304.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 3, January 5, 2017, Page H182):Article I, Section 8, Clause ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 304, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/304
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 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 April 21, 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
25 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 25 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Stephen Knight (R-CA), James Langevin (D-RI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), David Roe (R-TN), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Ann Wagner (R-MO), David Young (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Richard Hudson.
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- H.Res. 1009 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the lack of timely and predictable funding unnecessarily undermines the mission…
- H.R. 3477 (115th) Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization 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.