House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 6, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 6, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3687.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FORTENBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 143, September 6, 2017, Page H7089):The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3687, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3687
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3687, last updated December 5, 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
15 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 15 cosponsors (87%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Grace Meng (D-NY), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Fortenberry.
- H.R. 4819 (115th) DELTA Act
- H.R. 4647 (115th) Recovering America's Wildlife Act
- H.R. 3251 (115th) National Discovery Trails Act
- H.R. 1221 (115th) International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Authorization Act of 2017
- H.Con.Res. 32 (115th) Congratulating the State of Nebraska on the 150th anniversary of the admission of that State into the United States.
- H.R. 7038 (115th) CHILD 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.