House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-119
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 2017
- Committee actionJan 8, 2018
- Passed HouseDec 18, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJan 8, 2018 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJan 10, 2018
- Became lawJan 22, 2018
Latest action: Jan 22, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-119.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3759.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARPER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 148, September 13, 2017, Page H7383):Article I, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3759, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3759
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d10bc755eb88d5dd8a9b5eb2d6353ece96a994cdae3c94cfb986ac690ef6c2a
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. 3759, 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
113 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 69 Democrats, 2 independents
70 of 113 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Diane Black (R-TN), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Mike Doyle (D-PA) and 83 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 173 (115th) Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress.
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- H.Res. 724 (115th) Requiring each employing office of the House of Representatives to adopt an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy for the…
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.