House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Ann Kuster D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2017
- Committee actionJul 19, 2017
- Passed HouseJul 28, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3262.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3262, Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2027” on July 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52961
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3262, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3262
- 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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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3262, Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017” on July 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52961
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3262, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3262
- 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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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-267 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 28, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/267
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3262, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3262
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 120, July 17, 2017, Page H5920):Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 304 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3262, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3262
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ann Kuster.
- H.R. 1545 (115th) VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
- H.R. 965 (115th) Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Redesignation Act
- H.R. 3288 (115th) Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2018
- H.R. 5580 (115th) STOP Fentanyl Deaths Act of 2018
- H.R. 2701 (115th) Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 3637 (115th) Homegrown Organic 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.