House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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. 3613.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 128, July 28, 2017, Pages H6579-H6580):Article I Section 8 Clause 3 -Congress has the ability to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 155 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3613, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3613
- 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
36 cosponsors — 36 Democrats
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Val Demings (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), David Scott (D-GA), Jose Serrano (D-NY) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Payne.
- H.R. 1372 (115th) Homeland Security for Children Act
- H.R. 5766 (115th) Securing Public Areas of Transportation Facilities Act of 2018
- H.R. 687 (115th) First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
- H.Con.Res. 123 (115th) Supporting National Men's Health Week.
- H.R. 1578 (115th) Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2017
- H.Res. 733 (115th) Expressing support for health and wellness coaches and "National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week".
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.