House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 15, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4396.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPEIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 187, November 15, 2017, Pages H9376-H9377):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4396, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4396
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69df3ad80b5b4f8b7c3afa4cf48f1cd95d8ef6c5d43c588904b401368ba16e56
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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4396, last updated August 11, 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
151 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 131 Democrats, 1 independent
19 of 151 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), John Culberson (R-TX) and 121 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jackie Speier.
- H.Res. 615 (115th) Designating the Democratic Cloakroom in the Hall of the House of Representatives as the "Gabrielle Giffords-Leo J. Ryan Cloakroom".
- H.R. 2595 (115th) Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act
- H.J.Res. 53 (115th) Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
- H.R. 2180 (115th) Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017
- H.R. 1356 (115th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on…
- H.R. 4030 (115th) Title IX Protection 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.