House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 11, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 400.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BLACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 6, January 10, 2017, Page H299):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution which grants Congress the authority to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 225 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 400, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/400
- 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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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 December 5, 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
94 cosponsors — 94 Republicans
0 of 94 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Joe Barton (R-TX), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Dave Brat (R-VA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Doug Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), Paul Cook (R-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX) and 64 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diane Black.
- H.J.Res. 43 (115th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health…
- H.Con.Res. 71 (115th) Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary…
- H.R. 1628 (115th) American Health Care Act of 2017
- H.R. 3727 (115th) ITAM Act
- H.R. 354 (115th) Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2017
- H.R. 644 (115th) Conscience Protection Act of 2017
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.