House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-1
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 11, 2017 · 386–17
- Passed SenateJan 17, 2017 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJan 20, 2017
- Became lawJan 20, 2017
Latest action: Jan 20, 2017 — Became Public Law No: 115-1.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 39.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCARTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H47):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 which grants to the Congress power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 299 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 39, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/39
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ba958ded22f31bc73e4e4c61ca33333f0f348bc3aa1c58742b0da778f59dcf84
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. 39, 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
No cosponsors.
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.