House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 21, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 333.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 3, January 5, 2017, Page H183):Art. I, Sect. 8, Clause 1: to provide for the common defense and general welfare. Art. I, Sect. 8, Clause 12: to raise and support Armies. Art. I, Sect. 8, Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces. Art. I, Sect. 8, Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and discipling, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. Art. I, Sect. 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 853 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 333, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/333
- 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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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. 333, 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
48 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 38 Democrats
10 of 48 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Julia Brownley (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Denny Heck (D-WA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), John Katko (R-NY), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sanford Bishop.
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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.