House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protect Victims of Crime Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 26, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4145.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 173, October 26, 2017, Page H8271):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4, to establish an uniform Rule of NaturalizationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 26, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 78 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4145, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4145
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65896308b6856a7b57907faa9aa0bc6b18431f1905764720065dad306e0d59c7
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 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Jared Polis (D-CO), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.
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- H.R. 93 (115th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans.
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.