House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 29, 2017
- Committee actionNov 2, 2017
- Passed HouseNov 29, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3121.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3121, All-American Flag Act” on December 7, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 2, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53384
- CBO publication date
- December 7, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3121, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3121
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. 115-1044 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 27, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 27, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1044
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3121, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3121
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e572f11099491be088bf33b510cac2085239ed3bd2f51e1cbc35dd6997cffe3
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BUSTOS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 112, June 29, 2017, Page H5377):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3121, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3121
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e572f11099491be088bf33b510cac2085239ed3bd2f51e1cbc35dd6997cffe3
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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
36 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 31 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 36 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Luke Messer (R-IN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Scott Peters (D-CA), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 357 (115th) Overseas Outsourcing Accountability 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.