House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3745.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LAWRENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 147, September 12, 2017, Page H7313):Article I, 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, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 269 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3745, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3745
- 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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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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3745, last updated December 5, 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Bobby Rush (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brenda Lawrence.
- H.R. 4155 (115th) Congressional Sexual Harassment Training Act
- H.R. 6681 (115th) Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 6951 (115th) Get the Lead Out of Schools Act
- H.Res. 457 (115th) Honoring the 169th anniversary of the first women's rights convention held in the United States in Seneca Falls, New York.
- H.R. 5565 (115th) WE Work Act
- H.Res. 565 (115th) Expressing support for the recognition of October 9, 2017, as "World Post Day".
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.