House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Kenny Marchant R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 11, 2017
- Committee actionSep 13, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 21, 2017 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 354.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3726.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3726, Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017” on September 26, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 13, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53142
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3726, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3726
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-479 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 21, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 21, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/479
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3726, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3726
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MARCHANT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 146, September 11, 2017, Page H7223):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3726, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3726
- 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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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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Ron Kind (D-WI), Patrick Meehan (R-PA).
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.