House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Fostering Success in Higher Education Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 12, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3742.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 147, September 12, 2017, Page H7313):Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendments and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3742, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3742
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Gene Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Al Lawson (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis.
- H.R. 2410 (115th) Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2017
- H.R. 2834 (115th) Partnership Grants to Strengthen Families Affected by Parental Substance Abuse Act
- H.R. 2633 (115th) Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017
- H.R. 3525 (115th) Home Visiting Works Act of 2017
- H.R. 1757 (115th) Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017
- H.R. 5103 (115th) Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities 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.