House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-45
Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017
Became law on Aug 4, 2017.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Barton R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2017
- Committee actionJul 27, 2017
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 27, 2017 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 27, 2017
- To the PresidentJul 27, 2017
- Became lawAug 4, 2017
Latest action: Aug 4, 2017 — Became Public Law No: 115-45.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3298.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 122, July 19, 2017, Page H6042):Article I Section 8, clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 29 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3298, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3298
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
758ce885562d8547a1cf640f1820b162ab64e590c602a7e6f3035e33d46d0636
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 December 6, 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
128 cosponsors — 53 Republicans, 74 Democrats, 1 independent
74 of 128 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Anthony Brown (D-MD), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), K. Conaway (R-TX), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Joseph Crowley (D-NY) and 98 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton.
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.