House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
STRONG Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3724.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 145, September 8, 2017, Page H7217):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3724, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3724
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
03f8546ff62e0ab3c9ae69edb38cb999311c4b717141cc9f1f23741ae6917298
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. 3724, 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
14 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 12 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 14 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Denny Heck (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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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.