House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 4, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 20, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3943.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. O'ROURKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 159, October 4, 2017, Page H7842):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 4, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 287 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3943, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3943
- 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.
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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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Scott Peters (D-CA), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Filemon Vela (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Beto O'Rourke.
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.