House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 7, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 7, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3694.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BANKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 144, September 7, 2017, Page H7182):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 12 ``The Congress shall have the power to raise and support armies''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 97 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3694, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6d7ddd4a970562bdf37bf676d2f7466c9e754c1d49fd7df22d38e5865a553fda
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3694, last updated August 11, 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Mike Coffman (R-CO), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Peter Visclosky (D-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Banks.
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- H.R. 4173 (115th) Veterans Crisis Line Study Act of 2017
- H.R. 5199 (115th) Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018
- H.R. 2918 (115th) Patients First Act of 2017
- H.Res. 675 (115th) Condemning the Government of Iran for its violence against demonstrators and calling for peaceful resolution to the concerns of the…
- H.J.Res. 89 (115th) Authorization for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
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.