House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3767.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 148, September 13, 2017, Page H7383):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3767, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3767
- 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.
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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
47 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 29 Democrats
29 of 47 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Danny Davis (D-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), John Faso (R-NY), H. Griffith (R-VA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), John Katko (R-NY), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Billy Long.
- H.R. 5275 (115th) Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act
- H.R. 4575 (115th) Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2017
- H.R. 2641 (115th) Promoting Life-Saving New Therapies for Neonates Act of 2017
- H.R. 4828 (115th) CURD Act
- H.R. 3141 (115th) Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2017
- H.R. 4191 (115th) HHS Cybersecurity Modernization Act
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.