House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Otto Warmbier North Korea Nuclear Sanctions Act

H.R. 3898Introduced Oct 2, 2017Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Where it went

IntroducedOct 2, 2017
Committee actionOct 12, 2017
Passed HouseOct 24, 2017 · 415–2
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 25, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3898.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3898, Impeding North Korea’s Access to Finance Act of 2017” on October 20, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on October 12, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 2017 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53227
CBO publication date
October 20, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3898, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3898
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-361 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on October 23, 2017.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 23, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3898, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3898
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 157, October 2, 2017, Page H7671):
(i.e. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States)
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 2, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3898, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3898
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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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

18 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 8 Democrats, 1 independent

9 of 18 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Warren Davidson (R-OH), John Delaney (D-MD), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Denny Heck (D-WA), J. Hill (R-AR), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), Mia Love (R-UT), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Luke Messer (R-IN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Roger Williams (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Barr.

Sponsor’s state and district

Kentucky in Congress · KY-6 district

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