House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 12, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4036.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 164, October 12, 2017, Page H8031):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4036, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4036
- 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 — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Earl Carter (R-GA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Walter Jones (R-NC), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Graves.
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- H.R. 3280 (115th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.R. 6258 (115th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.J.Res. 62 (115th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer…
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.