House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 1, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 21, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4207.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 177, November 1, 2017, Page H8385):Article One, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 33 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4207, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4207
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f3a8f85c0c3857c4832c4c56d5567124bd8fd959c0ec9f4b02da15fb83c19a9
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4207, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
35 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 1 independent
10 of 35 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Mike Bost (R-IL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), John Faso (R-NY), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Bill Johnson (R-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Billy Long (R-MO), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Jared Polis (D-CO), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Scott Tipton (R-CO) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman.
- H.R. 5215 (115th) Veterans Affairs Purchase Card Misuse Mitigation Act
- H.R. 5418 (115th) Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act
- H.R. 2749 (115th) Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2017
- H.R. 6302 (115th) Cormorant Relief Act
- H.R. 1627 (115th) Small Business Assistance Act of 2017
- H.R. 2806 (115th) Soo Locks Modernization Act
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.