House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for interest on certain small business loans.
Sponsor: Rep. Rod Blum R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 16, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4424.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 188, November 16, 2017, Page H9426):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4424, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jim Costa (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Steve King (R-IA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
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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.