House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Jason Chaffetz R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2017 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Yoder asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 392, a bill originally introduced by Representative Chaffetz, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 392.
- 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 to the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 392, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/392
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 392, last updated August 11, 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
329 cosponsors — 152 Republicans, 175 Democrats, 2 independents
176 of 329 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ken Buck (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN) and 299 more.
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. 391 (115th) Asylum Reform and Border Protection 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. 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.