House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 5, 2017
- Committee actionNov 15, 2017
- Passed HouseFeb 14, 2018 · 271–145
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 15, 2018 — 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. 3978.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017” on January 18, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 15, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 18, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53485
- CBO publication date
- January 18, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3978, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3978
- 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. 115-524 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on January 25, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/524
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3978, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3978
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6865fa108b20599bc9b42caa58e84440a75f2f3ce998070a197e068eba57fb07
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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. HILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 160, October 5, 2017, Page H7888):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3978, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3978
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6865fa108b20599bc9b42caa58e84440a75f2f3ce998070a197e068eba57fb07
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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
18 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 18 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Luke Messer (R-IN), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Ed Royce (R-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Roger Williams (R-TX), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. J. Hill.
- H.R. 2611 (115th) Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act
- H.R. 5636 (115th) Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act
- H.R. 910 (115th) Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017
- H.R. 4790 (115th) Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act
- H.R. 5783 (115th) Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018
- H.R. 5078 (115th) TRID Improvement Act of 2018
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.