House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2017
- Committee actionJul 26, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 26, 2017 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 11.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 391.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 6, January 10, 2017, Page H299):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 4 and 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 63 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 391, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/391
- 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.
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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
26 cosponsors — 26 Republicans
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Diane Black (R-TN), Dave Brat (R-VA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Tom Graves (R-GA), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Jody Hice (R-GA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Scott Perry (R-PA), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Bill Posey (R-FL), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz.
- H.R. 1694 (115th) Fannie and Freddie Open Records Act of 2017
- H.R. 756 (115th) Postal Service Reform Act of 2017
- H.Res. 38 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that offices attached to the seat of Government should not be required to exercise…
- H.R. 1387 (115th) SOAR Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 392 (115th) Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017
- H.R. 1062 (115th) GPS Act
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.