House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 3, 2017
- Committee actionNov 7, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 2, 2018 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 781.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4239.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4239, SECURE American Energy Act” on December 1, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 8, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53361
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4239, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4239
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1000 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 2, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 2, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4239, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4857104a08b62eed974114b89f9bfd10fbdbdb455d298aed32481bca0b4bb825
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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. SCALISE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 179, November 3, 2017, Page H8496):Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 Article I, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 63 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4239, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4857104a08b62eed974114b89f9bfd10fbdbdb455d298aed32481bca0b4bb825
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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
16 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 16 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Dave Brat (R-VA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Randy Weber (R-TX), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise.
- H.Con.Res. 119 (115th) Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy.
- H.R. 599 (115th) Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2017
- H.R. 781 (115th) Free Speech Fairness Act
- H.R. 4044 (115th) 75th Anniversary of the End of World War II Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 6624 (115th) Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
- H.R. 5378 (115th) RAPID 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.