House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 5, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 16, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3980.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 160, October 5, 2017, Page H7888):Article II, Section 8, Clause 18: To Make All Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 266 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3980, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3980
- 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. 3980, 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
57 cosponsors — 57 Democrats
0 of 57 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), James Langevin (D-RI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) and 27 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.