House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 15, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4413.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PEARCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 187, November 15, 2017, Page H9377):Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to provide for the common defense.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 90 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4413, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4413
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- 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 August 11, 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
21 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 21 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Dave Brat (R-VA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), K. Conaway (R-TX), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Peter King (R-NY), Steve King (R-IA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Don Young (R-AK), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stevan Pearce.
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- H.R. 6107 (115th) Ending Duplicative Permitting Act
- H.R. 6106 (115th) Common Sense Permitting Act
- H.R. 6365 (115th) Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018
- H.J.Res. 56 (115th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management…
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.