House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Refusing to Assist Paying for United Nations Actions Against Israel Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 373.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOHMERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 5, January 9, 2017, Page H235):Article One, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States . . .;'' and Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: ``No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 369 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 373, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/373
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 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 4, 2025). 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), Ted Poe (R-TX), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX).
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.