House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 12, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 13, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4040.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 164, October 12, 2017, Page H8031):Article 1, Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4040, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4040
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
130f0785d87040336aa5669d5251e3746fb30ae310a97b3a6bd86a6da5b37fff
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. 4040, 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
50 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 45 Democrats
5 of 50 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Walter Jones (R-NC), William Keating (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2230 (115th) To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue or bust of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
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.