House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2017
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Sep 14, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3790.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUSSELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 149, September 14, 2017, Page H7424):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3790, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3790
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a1436661addeafdcb3c0ee01bfc259aa4000b8ec8792e8151fce62c2fff6a77f
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 August 11, 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
33 cosponsors — 33 Republicans
0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dave Brat (R-VA), Ted Budd (R-NC), Steve Chabot (R-OH), John Culberson (R-TX), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jody Hice (R-GA), George Holding (R-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Robert Latta (R-OH), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Tom Marino (R-PA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and 3 more.
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.