House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3238.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SANFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 118, July 13, 2017, Page H5832):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3238, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3238
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
10e5c24f76624d5943a2cdfe037b15d14f4b86cbd3ab94aace0713dfaaa3aef5
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3238, last updated August 11, 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
19 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 19 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Earl Carter (R-GA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Culberson (R-TX), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Pete Olson (R-TX), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Tom Rice (R-SC), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Sanford.
- H.R. 351 (115th) Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2017
- H.R. 916 (115th) Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2017
- H.R. 5572 (115th) One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2018
- H.R. 5061 (115th) Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018
- H.R. 1072 (115th) Obamacare Replacement Act
- H.R. 1529 (115th) Debt Limit Control and Accountability 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.