House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-276
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2017
- Committee actionOct 11, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 11, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 24, 2018
- Became lawNov 3, 2018
Latest action: Nov 3, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-276.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3834.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CROWLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 154, September 26, 2017, Page H7533):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.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 178 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3834, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3834
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3834, last updated April 7, 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
33 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 27 Democrats
6 of 33 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), John Faso (R-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Peter King (R-NY), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Rutherford (R-FL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Crowley.
- H.Con.Res. 90 (115th) Condemning ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and calling for an end to the violence in and an immediate restoration of humanitarian access…
- H.R. 1500 (115th) Robert Emmet Park Act of 2017
- H.Res. 127 (115th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 25 (115th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 34 (115th) Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 39 (115th) Electing a Member to a certain standing Committee of the House of Representatives.
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.