House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 2, 2017
- Committee actionOct 12, 2017
- Passed HouseNov 1, 2017 · 419–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 2, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3903.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3903, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017” on October 27, 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 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53263
- CBO publication date
- October 27, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3903, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3903
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-374 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on October 31, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/374
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3903, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3903
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
34e1df8e61cce28e5de24a00ca264b0ff438909b35bd3ede144da7acbe329a5f
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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. BUDD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 157, October 2, 2017, Page H7671):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, providing the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 2, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 128 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3903, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3903
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
34e1df8e61cce28e5de24a00ca264b0ff438909b35bd3ede144da7acbe329a5f
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3903, last updated December 5, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Budd.
- H.R. 5036 (115th) Financial Technology Protection Act
- H.Res. 759 (115th) Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Reverend Billy Graham.
- H.R. 4247 (115th) Restoring Financial Market Freedom Act of 2017
- H.R. 6035 (115th) Streamlining Communications for Investors Act
- H.J.Res. 130 (115th) Honoring the life of William (Billy) F. Graham, Jr.
- H.Res. 100 (115th) Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four Sit-In.
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.