House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Give A HAND Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 3, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4172.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 176, October 31, 2017, Page H8294):Sections 7 & 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4172, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4172
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4ffa03f048556b7db0e2bb95dd140adbebf7e2ad99a8062ced64304ef757a934
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.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), John Larson (D-CT), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Richard Neal.
- H.R. 1235 (115th) Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 5776 (115th) MOST Act
- H.R. 4444 (115th) Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act
- H.R. 3234 (115th) Refund Equality Act of 2017
- H.R. 1172 (115th) Presidential Trade Transparency Act of 2017
- H.R. 822 (115th) Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 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.