House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Relief for Recovering Communities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3452.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 127, July 27, 2017, Page H6518):Article I, Section 8, Clause I (The Spending Clause)--Which states, `The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 260 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3452, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3452
- 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. 3452, 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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), David Rouzer (R-NC), Pete Sessions (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Weber.
- H.R. 5905 (115th) Department of Energy Science and Innovation Act of 2018
- H.R. 4378 (115th) Nuclear Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 2018
- H.R. 5897 (115th) Coastal Texas Protection Act
- H.R. 431 (115th) Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017
- H.R. 1382 (115th) GOFISH Act
- H.R. 4035 (115th) DOE Loan Guarantee Program Repeal 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.