House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Megan Rondini Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3415.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 126, July 26, 2017, Page H6466):Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution which states that 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 in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 331 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3415, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3415
- 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
42 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 18 Democrats, 1 independent
19 of 42 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Diane Black (R-TN), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Kay Granger (R-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), David Kustoff (R-TN), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Pete Olson (R-TX), Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe.
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- H.R. 620 (115th) ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017
- H.R. 2152 (115th) Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2018
- H.R. 479 (115th) North Korea State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act of 2017
- H.R. 425 (115th) FTO Passport Revocation Act of 2017
- H.R. 6219 (115th) Georgia Support Act
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.