House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2017
- Committee actionNov 2, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 28, 2018 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 866.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4177.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4177, PREPARE Act of 2017” on March 30, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 2, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 30, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53706
- CBO publication date
- March 30, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4177, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4177
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4177, PREPARE Act of 2017” on April 17, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 12, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53769
- CBO publication date
- April 17, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4177, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4177
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7a14b274b6ae2101e7f590cdc4bae93da0d542f3ef7cfc7b216652f4fe9141b0
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1028 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 14, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1028
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4177, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4177
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7a14b274b6ae2101e7f590cdc4bae93da0d542f3ef7cfc7b216652f4fe9141b0
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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. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 176, October 31, 2017, Page H8294):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4177, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4177
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7a14b274b6ae2101e7f590cdc4bae93da0d542f3ef7cfc7b216652f4fe9141b0
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
24 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 14 Democrats
10 of 24 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), John Faso (R-NY), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mark Sanford (R-SC), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Matt Cartwright.
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.