House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 28, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 6, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3530.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 128, July 28, 2017, Page H6577):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian TribesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 131 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3530, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3530
- 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
48 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 27 Democrats
27 of 48 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Dave Brat (R-VA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), George Holding (R-NC), Ron Kind (D-WI), Jason Lewis (R-MN), David Loebsack (D-IA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Thomas Massie (R-KY) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Comer.
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.