House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2017
- Committee actionNov 2, 2017
- Passed HouseNov 7, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 8, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3634.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3634, Securing Electronic Records for Veterans’ Ease Act of 2017” on November 6, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on November 2, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53288
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3634, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
34f81469c3ee95e12e85890bea7bb974fa437fcf660d2e249dff5f9edd64f6d7
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-396 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 7, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/396
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3634, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
34f81469c3ee95e12e85890bea7bb974fa437fcf660d2e249dff5f9edd64f6d7
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 130, August 1, 2017, Page H6585):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, as this legislation provides for the general welfare of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3634, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
34f81469c3ee95e12e85890bea7bb974fa437fcf660d2e249dff5f9edd64f6d7
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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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Mike Coffman (R-CO), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Luke Messer (R-IN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
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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.