House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 19, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 19, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4077.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 169, October 19, 2017, Page H8042):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4077, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4077
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31e76e8a94549ceb04552e20a18d69d0c86f6089983b1b34047ce9d25967f477
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4077, last updated December 5, 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
23 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 1 independent
12 of 23 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Walter Jones (R-NC), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Mia Love (R-UT), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Tom Reed (R-NY), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), David Young (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derek Kilmer.
- H.R. 1159 (115th) United States and Israel Space Cooperation Act
- H.R. 1066 (115th) VA Management Alignment Act of 2017
- H.R. 3712 (115th) Major General Tim Lowenberg National Guard Cyber Defenders Act
- H.R. 1253 (115th) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Accessibility Act of 2017
- H.R. 1160 (115th) ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2017
- H.R. 3874 (115th) Accountability for Quality VA Healthcare Act
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.