House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Geospatial Data Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 15, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4395.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 187, November 15, 2017, Page H9376):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 133 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4395, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4395
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54aec5cacfc52f04b09c4ea7d12a84ad88973606e3aa61e02c65dcf31335295b
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 December 10, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4395, last updated December 10, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Paul Cook (R-CA), Denny Heck (D-WA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Pete Sessions (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman.
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- H.R. 2936 (115th) Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017
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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.