House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
POWERS Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 12, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 41.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MULLIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H47):Article 1, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states: All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 205 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 41, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/41
- 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Republicans
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Tom Cole (R-OK), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Mia Love (R-UT), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Steve Russell (R-OK), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Jason Smith (R-MO), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Markwayne Mullin.
- H.R. 5554 (115th) Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018
- H.R. 2883 (115th) Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act
- H.R. 6082 (115th) Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act
- H.J.Res. 59 (115th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental…
- H.R. 44 (115th) Muhammad Ali Expansion Act
- H.R. 364 (115th) Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield 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.