House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 6, 2017
- Committee actionNov 14, 2017
- Passed HouseJan 17, 2018 · 412–5
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 18, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4258.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4258, Family Self-Sufficiency Act” on December 11, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 14, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53398
- CBO publication date
- December 11, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4258, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 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. 115-464 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 13, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/464
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4258, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfa24924428da410e64884af0ef79d39d1aeaa48804090205b03804471cb34d2
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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. DUFFY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 180, November 6, 2017, Page H8522):Article I, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general welfare of the United States); and Article I, section 8, clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate commerce).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 178 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4258, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfa24924428da410e64884af0ef79d39d1aeaa48804090205b03804471cb34d2
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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
6 of 7 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Delaney (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sean Duffy.
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- H.R. 6784 (115th) Manage our Wolves Act
- H.R. 4015 (115th) Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017
- H.R. 5793 (115th) Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018
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.