House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 6, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 357.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BUSTOS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 4, January 6, 2017, Page H195):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 357, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a80acf4fadcde3a12ea2a4a12fbeb234039d4969b21e94254cddecc300528b8
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. 357, 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Brady (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Peter Visclosky (D-IN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
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.