House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 25, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 431.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 7, January 11, 2017, Page H391):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have powerto make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powersvested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 293 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 431, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
18 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 18 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), John Culberson (R-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Scott Peters (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Weber.
- H.R. 5905 (115th) Department of Energy Science and Innovation Act of 2018
- H.R. 4378 (115th) Nuclear Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 2018
- H.R. 5897 (115th) Coastal Texas Protection Act
- H.R. 3452 (115th) Relief for Recovering Communities Act
- H.R. 1382 (115th) GOFISH Act
- H.R. 4035 (115th) DOE Loan Guarantee Program Repeal 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.