House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 9, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 10, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 309.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OLSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 3, January 5, 2017, Page H182):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 309, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/309
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
77d6721bdd07b7192b484f6185ce8662b80a153d5deaae6a92df7ad159b31a73
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 309, last updated April 21, 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
26 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 1 independent
11 of 26 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), David Joyce (R-OH), Peter King (R-NY), David Loebsack (D-IA), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), David Roe (R-TN), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Olson.
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- H.R. 717 (115th) Listing Reform Act
- H.R. 1904 (115th) Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017
- H.R. 4582 (115th) Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2017
- H.R. 2796 (115th) Civil Rights Uniformity 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.