House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Honest Fishermen Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 29, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 9, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3108.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 112, June 29, 2017, Page H5377):Article I, Section, 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3108, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3108
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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 August 11, 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
12 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 12 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Blake Farenthold.
- H.R. 2846 (115th) Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2018
- H.R. 659 (115th) Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017
- H.R. 906 (115th) Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017
- H.R. 5253 (115th) Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018
- H.R. 256 (115th) Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
- H.R. 1118 (115th) Innocent Sellers Fairness 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.