House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2017
- Committee actionNov 2, 2017
- Passed HouseNov 8, 2017 · 420–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 9, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4173.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4173, Veterans Crisis Line Study Act of 2017” on November 6, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on November 2, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53294
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4173, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4173
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-400 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 7, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/400
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4173, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4173
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
540bc030917f5d41a4e07c6c021b94d89b94a3047956e3bd54c46d0efa6814e4
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BANKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 176, October 31, 2017, Page H8294):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4173, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4173
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
540bc030917f5d41a4e07c6c021b94d89b94a3047956e3bd54c46d0efa6814e4
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
14 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 14 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), André Carson (D-IN), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), Luke Messer (R-IN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Peter Visclosky (D-IN), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), David Young (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
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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.