House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 7, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 14, 2017 · 233–175
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3697.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. COMSTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 144, September 7, 2017, Page H7182):Clause 4 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution-- The Congress shall have Power to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject Bankruptcies throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 208 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3697, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3697
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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 10, 2026). 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Peter King (R-NY), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4661 (115th) United States Fire Administration, AFG, and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017
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- H.R. 6229 (115th) National Institute of Standards and Technology Reauthorization Act of 2018
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.