House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Tijuana River Valley Comprehensive Protection and Rehabilitation Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 29, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3795.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 149, September 14, 2017, Page H7424):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 457 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3795, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3795
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Susan Davis (D-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Juan Vargas.
- H.R. 6069 (115th) FIND Trafficking Act
- H.R. 2761 (115th) Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act
- H.R. 2759 (115th) NATS Act
- H.R. 2760 (115th) Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I-VETS) Act
- H.R. 199 (115th) Chicano Park Preservation Act
- H.R. 6801 (115th) RaD Fund 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.