House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 5, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 308.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 3, January 5, 2017, Page H182):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1-- ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 126 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 308, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/308
- 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
37 cosponsors — 37 Republicans
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Rod Blum (R-IA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Tom Cole (R-OK), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Steve King (R-IA), Mia Love (R-UT), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Tom Rice (R-SC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Mark Sanford (R-SC), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Warren Davidson.
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.