House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 427.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SIRES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 6, January 10, 2017, Page H300):Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of the rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee finds the authority for this legislation in artle I, section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 187 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 427, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/427
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Louise Slaughter (D-NY).
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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.