House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
California Wildfire Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Mimi Walters R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 15, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2017 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4397.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 187, November 15, 2017, Page H9377):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4397, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4397
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 September 8, 2026). 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
22 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 22 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mimi Walters.
- H.R. 5797 (115th) IMD CARE Act
- H.R. 4219 (115th) Workflex in the 21st Century Act
- H.R. 6273 (115th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure appropriate care by certain 340B covered entities for victims of sexual assault, and for…
- H.R. 2144 (115th) Risk-Based Classification of Accessories Act of 2017
- H.R. 2474 (115th) Medical Product Review Harmonization Act of 2017
- H.R. 3405 (115th) MORE 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.