House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Rural Economic Vitalization Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 28, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 1, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3624.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 128, July 28, 2017, Page H6580):Article IV Section 3. ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 192 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3624, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3624
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38b1a85ec94088daaccf2a74c0de8b9db222322104aa98c17067ef24f8a7347a
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
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Denny Heck (D-WA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Adam Schiff (D-CA).
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.