House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Homegrown Organic Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 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. 3637.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 130, August 1, 2017, Page H6585):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3637, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3637
- 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Democrats
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), David Price (D-NC), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ann Kuster.
- H.R. 1545 (115th) VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
- H.R. 3262 (115th) Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017
- H.R. 965 (115th) Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Redesignation Act
- H.R. 3288 (115th) Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2018
- H.R. 5580 (115th) STOP Fentanyl Deaths Act of 2018
- H.R. 2701 (115th) Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act
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.