House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
529 OPTIONS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2017
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Latest action: May 7, 2018 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Norcross asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3395, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Meehan, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3395.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 125, July 25, 2017, Page H6299):Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 200 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3395, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3395
- 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.
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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
78 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 38 Democrats, 2 independents
39 of 78 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Paul Cook (R-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Charles Dent (R-PA), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY) and 48 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.