House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
CITRUS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 1, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3509.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 127, July 27, 2017, Page H6519):Article I, Section 8: 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 of Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 254 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3509, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3509
- 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. 3509, 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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Bill Posey (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mark Takano (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA), Filemon Vela (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Rooney.
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- H.Res. 313 (115th) REPAIR Resolution
- H.R. 6663 (115th) Secure Elections Act
- H.Res. 467 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations Security Council should immediately impose an arms embargo…
- H.R. 1354 (115th) Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 2017
- H.R. 3884 (115th) National Child Identification Assistance 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.