House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Organic Farmer and Consumer Protection Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. John Faso R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3871.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FASO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 156, September 28, 2017, Page H7636):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3871, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3871
- 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
42 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 33 Democrats
33 of 42 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), John Garamendi (D-CA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Faso.
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- H.R. 5685 (115th) Medicare Opioid Safety Education Act of 2018
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- H.R. 2847 (115th) Improving Services for Older Youth in Foster Care Act
- H.R. 3808 (115th) Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017
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.