House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Evan Jenkins R-WVWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 29, 2017
- Committee actionNov 29, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 2, 2018 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-999, Part I.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3117.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3117, Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017” on February 20, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 30, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53598
- CBO publication date
- February 20, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3117, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3117
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-999 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 2, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 2, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3117, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3117
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
003aeeb49d5d836009ea048b898f9b62939cdb5a9dcd8c48e702115c1e687d99
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 112, June 29, 2017, Page H5377):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3117, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3117
- 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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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
48 cosponsors — 48 Republicans
0 of 48 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joe Barton (R-TX), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Culberson (R-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Robert Latta (R-OH), Billy Long (R-MO), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), David McKinley (R-WV) and 18 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.