House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3040.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONYERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 108, June 23, 2017, Page H5139):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3040, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3040
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 5, 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
45 cosponsors — 45 Democrats
0 of 45 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), James Himes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Richard Nolan (D-MN) and 15 more.
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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.